Using 1D elements to connect rigid and elastic components

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hello All,

 

I have one rigid component and one elastic component (both are 2D).  How can I connect these two components using 1D rigid elements?  I am using Hypermesh with LS-Dyna interface.  

 

Thank you,

Sriram

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  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited March 2016

    Hi,

    two (or more) rigid components cannot share nodes (because the nodes are dependant)

    So you cannot connect directly rigid bodies (rigid elements are 'nodal' rigid bodies)

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2016

    Thank you Tinh.  

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