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RBE3 Weighting Factors

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ian355

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Hi

Does anyone know how the weighting factors on an RBE3 element are calculated?
I know it has something to do with the distance between the node it is connecting but I cannot work out the maths behind it.
If anyone can help it would be appreciated!

Regards
Ian
 
Hi,
goto and get yourself a user id. On the downloads page for Nastran there's a great article free to download that answers your question. It's called "The undocumented RBE3".
I do not want to post the article here as I don't know if its allowed.
/Cpt Kirk
 
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