dmackendh
Mechanical
- Feb 16, 2008
- 10
Im trying to create a porous viscoelastic model of cartilage..
I am modelling a small cylindrical plug so I am using an axisymmetric set-up. I drew my section and I needed to add springs between nodes to model cartilage fibres but when i tried to add the springs, the elements/nodes didnt show up, I only had the option to add a single spring across the section, connected to opposing vertices.
So after a lot of playing around, i created a 'mesh-part' which had an 'orphan mesh' and within this new part I was able to put the springs between individual nodes.
Is this the only way to add springs between mesh nodes?
It seems odd that I had to create a second part (the 'mesh-part') in order to do this.
What exactly is a 'mesh-part' and what is an 'orphan mesh' ??
I am modelling a small cylindrical plug so I am using an axisymmetric set-up. I drew my section and I needed to add springs between nodes to model cartilage fibres but when i tried to add the springs, the elements/nodes didnt show up, I only had the option to add a single spring across the section, connected to opposing vertices.
So after a lot of playing around, i created a 'mesh-part' which had an 'orphan mesh' and within this new part I was able to put the springs between individual nodes.
Is this the only way to add springs between mesh nodes?
It seems odd that I had to create a second part (the 'mesh-part') in order to do this.
What exactly is a 'mesh-part' and what is an 'orphan mesh' ??