How to Apply Bearing Load in a Composite Plate with a Hole (CalculiX Keyword)

[FEAnalyst]

It may not be very easy but should be doable with mesh-based selection tools:

Thicken Shell Mesh, retain layer information

some work around for these tasks are using mesh based selection, it still feasible. [2025-01-26 02_41_49-Window]

Simulating Thermal Behavior of a Wound Battery Cell

Yes, you can use the Thicken Shell Mesh tool for that. As mentioned in the thread you linked, selecting layers will be a bit tricky but you can do it with the Set selection toolset - try different options, especially those available after clicking “More” (mainly the Face angle option). [image] Alternatively, you could keep shell mesh and define composite shell section but this requires manual keyword edits: Curved (orthotropic) composite shell sections