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First of all, Happy New Year Everyone! Take for example when we try to connect a node of a 2D Beam element (3DOF) to a node of a 2D plane element (2DOF). If a transverse force is applied to the other node of the 2D Beam element, only force is transmitted at the connection. Moment will not be...

Hi! I am not a Designstar user. Your promblem is a contact problem with an initial gap. You will need to know if Designstar can actually solve such problems first before going any further. I hope this helps.

Hi Semni! I just joined the forum so my suggestion might be a little late. But anyway, every software vendor may tell you that their product is best and it can do lots of things. Usually this confuses us further as to which is best. In my opinion, you should pick a few software vendors (maybe...

feadude, you are right. I forgot to mention that. However, some software will allow you to use constraint equations to ensure compatibility between elements of different number of nodal degrees of freedom and shape function. There are also some other techniques to embed the shell of beam...

Hi! I have found the book "Finite Element Modeling for Stress Analysis" by Robert D. Cook to be useful when I was an undegraduate student. In my opinion, it is quite simple to read and understand the subject. I hope this helps.

Hi David! I have just joined this forum so I hope I am not too late to share something with you. Since you have some experience with SolidWorks, it would be quite easy to pick up CosmosWorks. I managed by going through the tutorials without any formal training. You mentioned that you would...

Hi! I hope you will allow me to share something with you. I think I agree with tstanley that to model the complete trailer will not be a simple task. I have not used CosmosWorks2003 but I have some experience in using CosmosWorks6 with Solid Works and I personally feel that it is good for...