Flexible joint between beam188 elements
Flexible joint between beam188 elements
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Hello,
I want to model a truss structure made for different kind of profiles. I'm only interested in the global displacements, and not in the stresses at the joints. Until not I'm using Beam188 to simulate all beams and columns using ADPL. In some parts of the structure neoprene pads are used between I beams and the square column that supports them (see picture). Can you advice me on how to include this flexibility in the joints? I think MPC184 elements are able to do the job, but I haven't figure out how to do this.
Thanks in advance
I want to model a truss structure made for different kind of profiles. I'm only interested in the global displacements, and not in the stresses at the joints. Until not I'm using Beam188 to simulate all beams and columns using ADPL. In some parts of the structure neoprene pads are used between I beams and the square column that supports them (see picture). Can you advice me on how to include this flexibility in the joints? I think MPC184 elements are able to do the job, but I haven't figure out how to do this.
Thanks in advance





RE: Flexible joint between beam188 elements
RE: Flexible joint between beam188 elements
RE: Flexible joint between beam188 elements
So far I understood the diagonal elements D11,D22,D33 should be the spring constant (K) in the X,Y and Z direction, and D44,D55 and D66 the torsional stiffness around X, Y, Z. But what happens with the rest of the D terms?