Engineering
HENSTRUCT 2D plate and panel screening methods
HENDOI · 1 November 2026
Which HENSTRUCT 2D linear static method to pick for an aerospace skin or spar screen — and what each method ID means.
Start with the idealisation the question needs
HENSTRUCT exposes two labelled 2D aerospace structural methods in the browser. Pick the idealisation that matches the early review — plane-stress plate for a quick skin screen, panel membrane + bending when stringer-style DOFs matter. Every solve returns a method ID.
Method ladder
- HS-FEA-2D-PLATE-001 — 2D plate linear static — Plane-stress quad mesh on a rectangular plate; von Mises and displacement screens for early sizing.
- HS-FEA-2D-PANEL-001 — Panel membrane + bending — Panel idealisation with membrane and bending DOFs for skin/stringer screening — still 2D, still linear static.
What stays out of the UI for now
3D wing and airframe structural routes exist in the HENSTRUCT backend for a later product unlock. The UI does not list them. That keeps early work honest: 2D section and panel screens first.
Not general multiphysics FEA
HENSTRUCT is aerospace-specific structural screening — not a catch-all industrial FEA suite, not NASTRAN-class certification analysis, and not an authority-approved structural showing. Contours and margins are decision aids; you validate agreement with test and certified models in your process.
Honesty on every run
Keep the method ID with displacement and von Mises plots you share in review. Do not treat a HENSTRUCT screen as evidence for a type certificate.
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HENSTRUCT
Plate and panel linear static screens with method IDs for early structural review — not general multiphysics FEA or certification analysis.
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HENFOIL
Turn this lesson into a section you can draw, check, analyse and compare. Run the polar at the Reynolds number of the vehicle. The method name stays on the result.
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HENSYNTH
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Labelled aerospace 2D CFD — panel, viscous, Euler and NS-SA — with method IDs on every Cp plot. Screening only, not certification CFD.
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Structured airfoil C/O grids and section domain packs before HENFLOW or HENSTRUCT — prep with method IDs, not a general mesh tool.
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