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beam normals warning

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Yoman228

Marine/Ocean
Mar 5, 2007
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I have the following warning in the .msg, What do they mean and how can I check this in the model? How its going to effect my results? many thanks

"For 2 beam elements either the average curvature about the local 1-direction differs by more than 0.1 degrees per unit length as compared to the default curvature or the the approximate integrated curvature for the entire beam differs by more than 5 degrees as compared to the approximate integrated default curvature. This may be due to a user-specified normal or due to the nodal averaging routine used by ABAQUS. This difference may cause unexpected behavior of the beam and you may want to verify that the beam normals are correct for your problem. The elements have been identified in element set WarnBeamCurvature1."
 
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