I need to perform various analyses on a Pump Foundation.
I have the loads acting at the Centre of Gravity of the pumps and mount locations.I need to apply the loads at the Centre of Gravity and transfer them to the bolts' location, and then from the bolts to the nodes in contact with the bolts.
How can I achieve the above requirement? Can I use an RBE3 element connecting with the master node at the CoG of the equipment and slave nodes at the Bolts, and then an RBE2 element at each bolt with the master node at the bolt and slave nodes at the nodes connecting to the bolt?
i.e. RBE3 Master CoG of Pump and Slaves at Bolts + RBE2 master at bolt and Slaves at connecting nodes. It is worth noting that the Slave node of RBE3 serves as the master node of RBE2.
Please guide me if the above methodology is correct. If not the correct approach, please guide me to achieve the above requirement.
