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    large deflections button "ON" in buckling analysis

    I'm getting an error when I turn the large deflections button in the solution "ON". (the error says "large deformation effects are not valid for the current analysis") Since I'm performing a buckling analysis, it seems necessary to have this button on. Has anyone worked with this sort of...
  2. nordica

    implementing 'simply supported'

    if i use 'given displacements', i can set 2 of the 3 axes to be zero, and let the third axis (along which buckling occurs) stay free to move. however, non-zero given displacements are not allowed in a buckling analysis. is there some way to get around this? or a different type of support to...
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    implementing 'simply supported'

    simple question from a new user of workbench 9.0: i have a beam i want to put in compression, with ends free to rotate as the beam curves (buckles) in compression. i think this should be 'simply supported'. but the 'simply supported' button is grey when 'environment' is highlighted in the...

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