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Solving shell problem in Radioss

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hi,

i have this simple problem solved in Ansys which includes shell181, pipe16 elements...

the same i wanted to solve in radioss(right from scratch i .e importing model and extracting mid-surface in HM etc.)

i have done with shell but dont know how to simulate pipe connections from adjacent plates?

in ansys we have this pipe connections to simulate the bolt connections.

Please help.

Pavan

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Andy_20955

Hi Pavan,

Can you tell us more about how the pipe connections work in Ansys that you are trying to replicate? Or are you just wanting to simulate a bolted connection.

Are you using Radios bulk or block format?

Thanks,

Andy

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finally someone replied... thanks andy...

yes, i want to simulate bolted connection & using bulk format...

Andy_20955

I would use a connector in HyperMesh to do this.

Take a look at this section of the HyperMesh 11 help,

HyperMesh > Connectors > FE Configuration File: OptiStruct Connector Types

Optistruct and Radioss bulk share the same format and solver. There are quite a few different types of bolted configurations to choose. Hopefully you can find one that is similar to the way you were doing it in Ansys.