Beam End Shortening in HyperMesh

MaL2K16

Hello Altair community,

 

I am working on performing a modal analysis in HyperMesh and am having trouble figuring out how to shorten the ends of the horizontal beams so they do not interfere with the column at this joint:

 

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I was able to find this short illustration in a PDF document provided by Altair:

 

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However, I cannot find an explanation for how to do this elsewhere in the PDF. If anyone knows how to accomplish this, it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for your help!

Adriano_Koga

this is only 'visual', and there's nothing wrong with this.

The most important thing is to guarantee that your beam elemets are correctly connected. Using a 1D model is that what you get always.

If you are really interested in detailed stresses and joint stiffness, you should be using a 2D or 3D model for this, depending on your section type.