Beam End Shortening in HyperMesh

MaL2K16
MaL2K16 Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

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!

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  • Adriano A. Koga
    Adriano A. Koga
    Altair Employee
    edited August 2020

    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.

     

  • MaL2K16
    MaL2K16 Altair Community Member
    edited August 2020

    Hi Adriano,

     

    Thank you for your response!

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