Hello, thanks for your reply.
Deformation factor is 0.56.., does this shed light?
Your explanation goes some way towards explaining, thanks.
But I would expect the 'bars' to remain flat and parallel with the ribs buckled beneath, rather than poking through the ostensibly solid 'bars'.
Might...
Dear All,
I have a little experience with COSMOSWorks and have had good results in the past with simple models, but have come up against a problem which I now need to solve:
I'd like to induce a kink in a ribbed tube by compressing it between two small surfaces.
My technique was to draw the...