I am just trying to add a flexible body with a force element between two of its interface nodes to reinforce the structure.
I can't share the model, but I think what gives a good picture of the idea is a flexible model of a tuning fork, imported from a mnf file.
At the two fork Ends imagine the interface nodes which I want to connect with a GForce element (or beam)..
As Adams basically does not allow to do this I thought I just might define two GForce elements, each between the Flex Body an ground and define the forces of restitution dependent on the relative displacement of the Interface nodes (considering the Initial offset of course)
A first testmodel run internally did not make Adams complain. What I wanted to ask is if somebody knows about issues that I might come across in a later stage or knows a more elegant way to handle this.
Does someone actually know how rigid parts are connected (or forces applied) to flexible parts in Adams?
From the cmd and afm fiiles I can only see hat the connection is defined via the joint's (or forces') marker positions without a distinct reference to a certain interface node of a flexible body.
The reason why I am asking is that I would like to import a model from FE which has two concident nodes that are individually connected to different elements of the structure via rigid elements..
So how can I be sure, that when I connect rigid bodys to the structure in Adams (or apply forces), that the resultant forces wll be applied at the right DOF of the flexible body...?
Maybe I need to adapt the FE model according to Adams' needs..
Does someone actually know how rigid parts are connected (or forces applied) to flexible parts in Adams?
From the cmd and afm fiiles I can only see hat the connection is defined via the joint's (or forces') marker positions without a distinct reference to a certain interface node of a flexible body.
The reason why I am asking is that I would like to import a model from FE which has two concident nodes that are individually connected to different elements of the structure via rigid elements..
So how can I be sure, that when I connect rigid bodys to the structure in Adams (or apply forces), that the resultant forces wll be applied at the right DOF of the flexible body...?
Maybe I need to adapt the FE model according to Adams' needs..