Hi Greg,
Its static analysis 101 solution. Please see the bdf file attached in my last post.
The hinge mechanism I am trysing to simulate is a part of a car body (locomotive).
There are two panels which should have relative motion between them as in the case of door hinge, I have shown only a...
Hi,
We are trying to simulate a hinge mechanism in MSC Nastran, This is how it is modeled.
Two plates are connected with hinge, both the plates modeled with shell element. The hinge is modeled with Cbar elements, and connected to shell elements with rbe2 in all DOf's.
Finally to simulate the...