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Hello everybody,

I often thermally simulate geometries with very thin layers (Printed Circuit Boards, for instance a 1 mm Aluminum board with 70 µm Copper traces). For that, I use CHT and the copper is simulated being a Shell Region.

Since Star-CCM+ offers the possibility of Structural Analysis, I´d like to stress simulate the above geometry as well.

Is it possible, also to simulate the stress in a Shell Region with the FEM-Solver (or CSM)? Or do I need a 3D mesh instead of the Shell Region?

Thanks a lot for your answer in advance.

br, Dominik