Flexible bodies and translational joints?

Hi,

I want to model a rail as a flexbody in ADAMS. However to do this I need to create rbe2 on the top surface of the rail shown in red and create a translational joint between the rail and another part. This will make the rail rigid.

How would you approach to this problem?

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0 Maziar R over 7 years ago

Well, as JSlatten mentioned, you can use RBE3 elements. For that AUTOMSET parameter needs to be set in the SOL 103 deck.

General note: when you define an ideal joint such as a tranlational joint on a surface, it is as if the whole top surface is glued t a single point in reality. Is this the case in the actual physical test rig?
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0 Maziar R over 7 years ago

Well, as JSlatten mentioned, you can use RBE3 elements. For that AUTOMSET parameter needs to be set in the SOL 103 deck.

General note: when you define an ideal joint such as a tranlational joint on a surface, it is as if the whole top surface is glued t a single point in reality. Is this the case in the actual physical test rig?
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