Rigid Body

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dnj
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Rigid Body

Post by dnj »

How to model a rigid body in OpenSees??
vesna
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Re: Rigid Body

Post by vesna »

In OpenSees we do not have a rigid body constraints, but you can make a mesh of elastic elements with very high stiffness to simulate the effect of the rigid body.
paperairplane
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Re: Rigid Body

Post by paperairplane »

vesna wrote:
> In OpenSees we do not have a rigid body constraints, but you can make a
> mesh of elastic elements with very high stiffness to simulate the effect of
> the rigid body.

"rigidLink"?or''equalDOF''?
vesna
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Re: Rigid Body

Post by vesna »

they will not work for rigid body.
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