Hello everyone,
i'm modelling a frame with bar2-elements and i am very new to hyperworks and also to bar/beam-elements. The problem i got, is that optistruct gives me a warning 1955 (Static Loadcase 1 has zero static force vector). A loadcase is defined, a force is defined with the right magnitude!
I think i modelled the bar2-elements the wrong way (connectivity at the nodes), here is what i did, please tell me if any of these steps are wrong:
1. Creation of nodes at the positions where frame parts meet.
2. Connecting the nodes with lines
3. linemesh those lines
I think the problem might be that there was no definition on how two connected parts of the frame behave to each other and that some sort of dof-coupling at the nodes created in step 1 should be done. So how can i couple the dofs of two elements meeting at a defined node?
Or is something else the problem?
Best regards!
mechengstud
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