FEA of a Lever
FEA of a Lever
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Hello,
I im trying to simulate a lever in pro E that pivots around a hole in the middle. My problem is it behaves as if the pivot is bonded and not as if it is free to rotate. I have specified the DOF for rotation as free but this makes no difference. Any help?
(Note: a load is applied at one end and a solid constraint at the other so the lever would not be free to rotate even if the pivot in the middle was working.)
I im trying to simulate a lever in pro E that pivots around a hole in the middle. My problem is it behaves as if the pivot is bonded and not as if it is free to rotate. I have specified the DOF for rotation as free but this makes no difference. Any help?
(Note: a load is applied at one end and a solid constraint at the other so the lever would not be free to rotate even if the pivot in the middle was working.)





RE: FEA of a Lever
(BTW Wildfire 5.0 adds "engineering" constraints such as "pin" and "ball" to make the job faster/easier)