Solving shell problem in Radioss

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

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
    Andy_20955 New Altair Community Member
    edited February 2012

    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

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited February 2012

    finally someone replied... thanks andy...

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

  • Andy_20955
    Andy_20955 New Altair Community Member
    edited February 2012

    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.

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