thank you for answering! I am going to try the local coordinate system.
In real life the chord and the brace are welded together. Either with a bevel weld or a fillet weld. In the example above it is a full bevel weld. Thats why I went with the tie constraint. Which different approach would you...
Hello,
I am investigating the local rotations of rectangular hollow section T-joints under in-plane bending.
I have modelled a chord und a brace which are connected via a tie constraint. The reference point on top is coupled to the top surface of my brace.
Then the RP is loaded with a single...
