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  • CBEAM stress recovery points

    Hello, I have created the beam element and instead creating shape (cross section), i have given the geometric properties (Ix,Iy,A....) values as an input. So, for this case, can i able to specify the stress recovery points!. it will give the stress values…

  • Guidelines, examples, tips for going Apex to Patran to Nastran or Apex to Nastran?

    Are there any published guides or examples for using Apex as a pre-processor to Nastran or a pre-pre-processor to Patran? I'm not finding much detail on what Apex does and doesn't write when exporting a Nastran BDF from an Apex model.

  • Equilibrium Check and Epsilon for model with contact and without contact

    Hello I ran two models, one with contact and one without contact. As part of model checking i check the epsilon value (round off error ). I noticed that the model with contacts does not produces epsilon value. Can any one explain why is…

  • How to model thin-walled beam/structures in MSC Patran.

    I want to calculate shear flows in wing box which requires modelling thin-walled structures. I have tried to model thin-walled beam using 2D shell elements but it didn't give the desired results (as expected). I want to know if: MSC PATRAN…

  • Plot SRCOMPS in Patran?

    I know this is an old question but I just want to make sure I have the most current information on it. I'd like to be able to post process fringe plot the SRCOMPS that I'm having Nastran calculate just like I can the Failure Indices (i.e. Tsai-Wu). The…
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