How rotate a body in explicit
How rotate a body in explicit
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Hi
I have created a simple 3d body in abaqus/explicit v6.7 and try to rotate it using boundary condition (displacement/rotation). I have defined UR1 and want to turn the body over the X direction. After running the program there is no error but I cannot see any change on the body.
Does anyone have any idea for this?
Thanks
Me
I have created a simple 3d body in abaqus/explicit v6.7 and try to rotate it using boundary condition (displacement/rotation). I have defined UR1 and want to turn the body over the X direction. After running the program there is no error but I cannot see any change on the body.
Does anyone have any idea for this?
Thanks
Me





RE: How rotate a body in explicit
* ur3 is a nodal degree of freedom, so this would not rotate the body.
* 3d bodies typically only have displacement degrees of freedom, not rotation degrees of freedom, which is why nothing happens
There are many ways to rotate a body, and it depends on what you want to do. One thing I often do is tie a rigid body to my deformable body, then I apply a rotation (or displacement) to the rigid body reference node. This reference node can have displacements and rotations applied to it.
Or, instead of creating the rigid body, you can use constraints to tie a reference node to all the dof's of your body. And, as before, apply the rotation or displacement to this reference node.
RE: How rotate a body in explicit
Thanks
Me
RE: How rotate a body in explicit
RE: How rotate a body in explicit
RE: How rotate a body in explicit
RE: How rotate a body in explicit
RE: How rotate a body in explicit