error in meshing

[Zeeshanbhat]

Dear Team,
I modelled a simple shear test on masonry. I am getting an error as shown below,
Although my mesh is strcutured and quad, but I am getting this error. Kindly help me in solving this error.

Regards,
Zeeshan Bhat

[mmc]

Hi.
That happened to me a while ago. The problem has to do with the application of element properties. Thing is that you are appliying the quad element property to edges... You cant do that because edges cant be modelled as quad elements. You have to apply this property only to faces. So, you have two options:

• Delete the quad element property and create it again. When assigning the property, select only the faces, not the edges.

• Create a new element property (for example a beam column element) and apply it to the edges. Once applied, delete it from the list. Check that the quad element is only applied to faces. This last option is a trick...

You have to be very careful when you are applying properties to elements and control the selection command.
Hope I could help...

[STKO Team]

The problem has to do with the application of element properties

Exactly mmc, thanks for answering this post!

[Zeeshanbhat]

Thank you