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109 ©2023 ANSYS, Inc. Example 1: Spectrum Analysis with surface-based constraints Example 1: Pre-stressed Transient Analysis with Contacts Tabular Thickness for 2D Elements • Motivated by customer requests to improve usability of 2D SOLID and surface effect elements • Previously variable thickness had to be given element by element via constants • Allows for convenient variable thickness definition via tables as a function wrt node numbers or locations • Supported all 2D structural and coupled-field solid elements and surface effect elements • Accurately account for variable thickness in all element calculations (stiffness, mass, and loads) and element visualization • Tabular thickness can be taken from underlying elements or can be applied as a table in real constant. • EEXTRUDE is also supported