Beam assemble

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited November 2020 in Community Q&A

here i attached beam assemble i want to check its deflection. while meshing the beam which elements i want to use 1d or 2d or 3d. can i solve it use only 1d elements anyone know please explain how to create 1d elements for this assemble.

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited July 2018

    Hi Ayil,

     

    Mesh it with 3D_ volume Tetra mesh. Give element size .01. 

     

     

    Thank you

  • Q.Nguyen-Dai
    Q.Nguyen-Dai Altair Community Member
    edited July 2018

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    You can use 1D only meshing if you would like to know only global behavior.

    With this kind os structure, the best method is make shell meshing.

     

    Don't make 3D meshing for this structure unless you do all in Hexa meshing.

     

     

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited August 2018
    Altair Forum User said:

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    You can use 1D only meshing if you would like to know only global behavior.

    With this kind os structure, the best method is make shell meshing.

     

    Don't make 3D meshing for this structure unless you do all in Hexa meshing.

     

     

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    thickness is much lesser than the member length. Prefer shell over solid elements. You can also use 1D only to model the same which saves computation power a 

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