CBUSH Element with Nonlinear Property
Hello every one,
I have created a demo model (all dofs are constrained at bottom and upper side allowed to move in vertical direction and rotations are free as well) to understand the characteristics of CBUSH element nonlinear properties. When I load my structure with 3484 N I get 1.71 mm displacement but increasing the load increases the displacement. Here are some screenshots:
Thank you very much for your replies.
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Dear Adriano,
Thank you for your answer. My real model is much more complex with couple of more Cbush elements carrying a large system that is exposed to acceleration forces, so I am not sure if your suggestion would work as I dont know how much force is distributed for each Cbush element. What I need is that each Cbush element carries different load values with a maximum deflection. Can you be more specific please?
Thank you.
Altair Employeeif you look at your table, for both 1.71 and 50mm the force needed is the same, 50000.
This means that for any force that achieves this value, the displacements would be large.
I believe you are looking for a stopper like behavior, like i'1ve suggested before.
So your table would be:
...
1.71 50000
1.711 10000000(large number)
So that for anything above 1.71, the spring force is very large, keeping the displacement at this level.
I have a question kind of related to this: Can I use CBUSH elements in an NLSTAT analysis? If yes, can it be done with just defining the K-line?
i believe this was already answered in your specific topic here:
https://community.altair.com/community?id=community_question&sys_id=4bf3e66597fd3954e3b0361e6253af78
Ans a good Knowledge Base shared by @Vinicius Gomes there.
This is nice for people who need an example. You should share this model here as a reference.
It is also very common to add a 'stopper' by adding a very large force as the last point, with a very small delta U, so that after this point the spring doesn't extend any further.