Optistruct Shell to shell connection

Andre1501
Andre1501 Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hey,

 

Maybe somebody can help me in order solve my issue. How do I connect Shell Elements with Shell Elements in order to model a fillet weld (green=weld). Is there any possibility to not select for every weld each node seperatly in order to create multiple RBE3?

 

Maybe somebody can help with that.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>weld_connection_2d.PNG

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  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited April 2020

    You can do it by connector.

    There is a config of weld with RBE3+hexa+RBE3

  • Andre1501
    Andre1501 Altair Community Member
    edited April 2020

    Thanks for your answer. Is there any tutorial About it? 

    Or can you please explain the proredure a little bit more in Detail?

     

    I just started with working with Hyperworks. 

    Thanks in Advance.

  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited April 2020

    Yes

    Examples are in HM help, or on google

  • Andre1501
    Andre1501 Altair Community Member
    edited April 2020

    ok, i tried it now using a connector. I used Quads (angeled).

    The connector was also shown green (therefore I thought it is correctly realized).

     

    Nevertheless during analysis the parts did not interact. I do not get my mistake. Do I have to connect the parts/meshes somehow after creating a connector? I thought that is the taks of a connector?

     

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>not connected.PNG

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>connector_done.PNG

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  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited April 2020

    Connectors are geom entities. You must verify FE entities.

    Doing an example/tutorial about connector is a good ideal

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