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Edge to surface connection Hypermesh/Nastran

User: "Altair Forum User"
Altair Employee
Updated by Altair Forum User

Hello,

 

I'm modelling a complex structure in Hypermesh with Nastran profile and I need to connect two components. One is a tube meshed with pshell elements while the other is a solid meshed with psolid. The tube is perpendicular to the solid surface but I cannot have the same mesh for various reasons. In Abaqus I would use a tie constraint between the edge of the tube and the surface of the solid but I can't understand how to do so with Nastran and Hypermesh.

 

I tried to use the cards BSURF, BCONNECT AND BCTABLE but I'm not able to figure out how they works.

 

Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.

 

Thank you!

 

Stefano

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    User: "Rahul Rajan_21763"
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    Updated by Rahul Rajan_21763

    Refer Nastran help to understand the significance of BSURF,BCONNECT and BCTABLE.

    You could also try this analysis with Altair Optistruct solver.