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3. Structural shell family of elements.
4. Choose the eight-noded layered shell element. (SHELL99).
5. OK to apply the element type and close the dialog box.

6. Close the element type dialog box.

2.2.1.5 Defining Element Real Constants

Element real constants are properties that depend on the element type,
such as cross-sectional properties of a beam element. For example, real
constants for BEAM3, the 2D beam element, are area (AREA), moment
of inertia (IZZ), height (HEIGHT), shear deflection constant (SHEARZ),
initial strain (ISTRN), and added mass per unit length (ADDMAS). Not
all element types require real constants, and different elements of the same
type may have different real constant values.
1. Main Menu > Preprocessor > Element Type > Add/Edit/Delete