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# Plate Element Bending Stiffness

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Hi All,

I am attempting to stiffen an area of interest in my model of plate elements by adding a plate to the top of it (they are fastened together with bolts).  I don't want to add this plate in the femap model, but I'd rather just have the original geometry, and increase the bending stiffness of the elements.  Essentially, I want to keep the simple geometry without the extra plate, and still have the bending stiffness of the bottom plate represent both plates fastened together.  Would this bending stiffness value (12*I/T^3)=2 if both plates have the same dimensions?

Attached are CAD files of the model, with and without the stiffener.

Thanks!

Brett
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