Howto output Thermal Expansion Coef for RBE2 ?

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

Hi,

Within NASTRAN profile, I would like to output Thermal Expansion Coefficient for each RBE2 element.

Already tried with PSOLID, PSHELL, PROD,... propperties, but I can't got RBE2 with ALPHA (see screenshot)

 

Any help will be appreciated!

 

Thanks

 

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2015

    HI,

     

    ALPHA field is available for RBE2 when you card edit it.

     

    Please refer to the image below:

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2015

    Hi,

     

    as i know thermal expansion effects are taken into account only for LAGRANGE method.

    Try to insert 

     

    RIGID=LAGRAN

     

    Best regards,

    Mario

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2015

    Thank you!

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2015

    Hi all,

    I posted here (http://goo.gl/hAX105) the solution of my question by hoping that's useful for someone.

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