Flanges in Hull

In the Hull application, two different component types are identified as flanges. They are:

• Flat bars - straight or curved - welded to a plate edge along the outer contour of a panel in a hole or along the free edge of a bracket ("face plates").

  A flange may be asymmetrically located relative to the plate.

• Folded (bent) flanges along the outer contour. When a folded flange is generated, the shape of the plate is modified simultaneously. A folded flange has the function of a profile, but it is of course no physical bar.

Flanges must be generated as stiffeners if they are not flat bars or if they are not perpendicular to the plate surface.

Flanges on type standard brackets are considered to be part of the bracket standards.