{"id":4901,"date":"2019-12-13T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=4901"},"modified":"2023-02-06T16:10:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T16:10:18","slug":"what-is-a-membrane","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/knowledge-base\/what-is-a-membrane\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a membrane?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A membrane is a plate type with only axial stiffness, no bending stiffness. This plate type is used by to simlate the\u00a0diaphragm behaviour of plates.<\/p>\n<p>There is not 2D Slabs or 2D Plates license required to use this plate type.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How to add a membrane:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select a closed circumference and click on\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-1766\" src=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ButtonCreatePlate.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"33\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ButtonCreatePlate.png 36w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ButtonCreatePlate-35x32.png 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 36px) 100vw, 36px\" \/> to generate a plate.<\/li>\n<li>Selecte the plate(s) and click on <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-1756\" src=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ButtonPlateProperties.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ButtonPlateProperties.png 36w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ButtonPlateProperties-35x35.png 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 36px) 100vw, 36px\" \/>.<\/li>\n<li>Change the plate type to <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-4902\" src=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KnopMembraan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KnopMembraan.jpg 153w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KnopMembraan-150x44.jpg 150w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KnopMembraan-50x14.jpg 50w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KnopMembraan-60x17.jpg 60w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/KnopMembraan-35x10.jpg 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/>.<\/li>\n<li>Assign a thickness and material to the plate. There properties are used to calculate the axial stiffness of the membrane.<\/li>\n<li>Apply the self-weight of the membrane (or any other loads acting on the membrane) to the circumference of the plate! A membrane cannot be loaded with bending!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A membrane is a plate type with only axial stiffness, no bending stiffness. This plate type is used by to simlate the\u00a0diaphragm behaviour of plates. There is not 2D Slabs or 2D Plates license required to use this plate type. &nbsp; How to add a membrane: Select a closed circumference&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht-kb-category":[59],"ht-kb-tag":[288,971,287,298],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/4901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4901"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/4901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8430,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/4901\/revisions\/8430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=4901"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=4901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}