What is your opinion on the use of long-slotted holes to accommodate thermal/wind induced movements (not temporary but as a permanent expansion joint)? The long slot is in the horizontal direction; gravity load is normal to the direction of the slot. I'm looking for references that advise...
Is there a way to display nodal normals in CAE? So far the only way I could find to visually view any normals is from Common Plot Options to turn on normals for elements, but not the nodes themselves. And I can only view this after running a job, in postprocessing.
I can check the node normals...
