I want to model a system which includes a large body that I want to model as flexible. Are there any efficient ways of doing this? I am asking because I also want to define contacts including said body, making the computations quite time consuming.
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The body is actually comprised of various smaller ones which are bolted together. Instead of creating multiple bodies and then fixing them at the bolt locations with joints, I decided to model it as a single body.
This is quite common in pretty much any industry. Depending on what level of fidelity/complexity you want you can do this in Adams/Apex or Nastran/Patran, up to you.
This is quite common in pretty much any industry. Depending on what level of fidelity/complexity you want you can do this in Adams/Apex or Nastran/Patran, up to you.