Layered Material Slice
Use a Layered Material Slice () plot to display a layered shell quantity on a slice created at a specified through-thickness location in 3D. Add Deformation, Filter, Selection (Plot Attribute), or Height Expression subnodes as needed. Right-click a 3D Plot Group to add a Layered Material Slice plot from the More Plots submenu.
The Layered Material Slice plot requires the Composite Materials Module, AC/DC Module, or Heat Transfer Module.
Through-Thickness Location
In order to create a slice within a layered shell, a through-thickness location is required.
Select Location definition: Reference surface (the default), Physical, or Relative.
Once Reference surface is selected, through thickness location is taken from a layered material definition specified in a Layered Material Link, Layered Material Stack, or Single Layer Material node under Materials.
Enter the value of Local z-coordinate for the Physical option or Local z-coordinate [-1,1] for the Relative option. The bottom, middle, and top through-thickness location of a layered shell, having a total thickness d, can be defined as follows:
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Bottom: 0 (Physical) or −1 (Relative)
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Middle: d/2 (Physical) or 0 (Relative)
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Top: d (Physical) or 1(Relative)
Go to Surface (Plot) for the information about other sections present in this plot.