Applying reaction forces from an explicit crash analysis into a separate linear static structural model

B_Meuth
B_Meuth Altair Community Member
edited July 10 in Community Q&A

I have a crash protection structure that must withstand and transfer force of a collision. This structure connects to a much larger global structural model that is modelled with beam elements.

The crash protection structure has connections to the larger global model and this is where I can extract the reaction forces from as plot of force/time for the collision.

What is the best way to apply these forces to the linear static global model? Would I use peak force or average force over the collision as I am not using time to dissipate the force in the linear static model?

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  • Suhas Ambekar
    Suhas Ambekar
    Altair Employee
    edited July 10

    Hi,

    Please provide more details about the software you are having issues with, so that we can direct your query to the appropriate forum.

    Thank you!

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