Difference between BAR & BEAM Element

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

Hello Team,

 

I have a doubt regarding the BAR & BEAM Element. What is the difference between these two 1D Elements ?

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited February 2017

    Dear Students / Participants,

     

    You can refer the below provided chart to understand the difference between BAR & BEAM Element. You can see BAR & BEAM Elements both supports 6 dof's ; but BAR Elements are applicable for Symmetric C/s & BEAM Elements supports unsymmetrical C/s too.

     

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    You can watch our YouTube Channel Video for the same topic , where we have tried to explain all these topics.

     

    Theory of FEM - 


     

     

     

    To know more about, You can refer attached PDF ( Theory of FEM )

     

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2019

    Hello, 

    could you please tell me, what EXACTLY means 'one dimension is much larger than other' in the case of 1D elements? Could you please tell me EXACTLY how many times larger? Does it mean that lattice structure which is represented in OptiStruct is useless?

     

     

  • Q.Nguyen-Dai
    Q.Nguyen-Dai Altair Community Member
    edited March 2019

    Hello, 

    could you please tell me, what EXACTLY means 'one dimension is much larger than other' in the case of 1D elements? Could you please tell me EXACTLY how many times larger? Does it mean that lattice structure which is represented in OptiStruct is useless?

     

     

     

    Nothing is EXACT in Numerical Simulation world.

  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited March 2019

    If it is useless, why altair populates it, are they kidding us?

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2019

    I just wanted some recommendation, something like 'at least...' or 'do this, then do that...'

  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited March 2019

    I just wanted some recommendation, something like 'at least...' or 'do this, then do that...'

     

    Make a structure by 1d then 2d then 3d then compare them.

    Sometimes i see beam model with L/D=50 and sometimes just 0.1

    I can't recommend anything.

     

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2019

    Thank you