• Registered: 2010-04-24
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Topic: thickness of member

Dear sir,
when I added 1 mm thickness of wrapping of FRP to the bottom of beam, massage replies that rhe joints are collinear. this heppens upto 2 mm thickness. When I add 2.1 mm thickness wrapping of FRP sheet to concrete bottom it acceps. So, is there any limitations that i cannot add of any member having thickness upto 2 mm ?

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  • dpryl
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Re: thickness of member

Dear prof. Parikh,
if you need smaller macroelement dimensions, you have to change the global precision setting correspondingly.
Go to General data - Analysis information, open the "Global" dialog, and change the "Decimal digits" setting to 5.

Please note that
1. once you increase the geometrical precision of the model, you can NOT reduce it back
2. if you set the precision too high, you can get problems with contacts not being created where needed and similar
- i.e., only increase the number of digits if needed and only as far as required.

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