Spring Foundation
Use the Spring Foundation node to apply elastic and damping boundary conditions on the material layers (on boundaries, edges, and points) of a layered shell. For applying spring conditions on an interface, see Spring Foundation, Interface.
By adding the Predeformation subnode, you can prescribe that the spring force is zero at a nonzero spring extension.
Shell Properties
Select the material layers to which the spring condition is to be applied.
When Use all layers is not selected.
All other settings for the Spring Foundation node are described in the documentation for Spring Foundation in the Solid Mechanics interface.
Location in User Interface
Context Menus
Ribbon
Physics tab with Layered Shell selected: