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  1. gillyboy

    How to bend tube to evaluate stress?

    What displacement method should I apply to the free end for bending? I tried to apply a restraint on the free end with reference to an axis and a 1.5 radian (to make the free end rotate 90 degrees about the axis), but it didn't quite work. It keeps prompting to turn on large displacement flag...
  2. gillyboy

    How to bend tube to evaluate stress?

    Am a newbie to Cosmos and want to perform a 90 degree bend on a straight extrusion to evaluate the stress or distortion at the inner radius (if any). Besides fixing one end of the extrusion, I am not sure which other restraint to apply to perform a 90 degree bend? Please advise.

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