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Rigid Elements

Hi,

Is there any difference between rbody and rbe2 element in radioss. Both of them belong to family of rigid elements and for rbody we have option for providing mass and inertia which I think is not there in rbe 2 element. Also which is generally used for providing the connections like weld etc. in an assembly.

One more thing is how to go for making a global rigid body from a multiple rigid bodies. As this causes node dependency, kindly let me know about the technique for making the same. Also how to provide a sensor or rbody off for based on any time condition.

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Rigid bodies can be activated or deactivated with the options /RBODY/ON and /RBODY/OFF in the Engine files.

For eg, to activate a rigid body with the master node 1, add the following option in the engine file (xxxx_0001.rad):

/RBODY/ON

To deactivate one rigid body whose master node ID is 3, add:

/RBODY/OFF

In this case, all elements are reactivated, strains and stresses are those from previous deactivation time.

gopal_rathore

Hi,

Thank you for your answer. Rbody activation has been done based on the above method. Kindly let me know about the first part of the question.

Rahul Rajan_21763

Hi,

In Optistruct user profile you would find RBE2 naming for Rigid element whereas in Radioss user profile you would find name as Rbody.In Radioss Ebook we talk about Rbody in detail.

Regards

Rahul R