Constaint with a given stiffness

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Hi.

This is likely a simple question although as this software is still relitavely new to me it is one I require assistance with.

I have a component I need to constrain. It is bolted to a testing apparatus on both ends. Ideally this apparatus would be fixed however in the real world there is obviously some displacement within the fixed object.

I have measured the stiffness in all six DOFs of the testing apparatus and wish to constrain my NX component with this data.

Basically. Instead of a purely fixed or purely free constraint can I apply a contraint in which the component is allowed to displace into a given stiffness?

Thanks in advance.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Are we talking about a behavior which would be seen in the context of an Assembly model or when creating and analyzing a Finite Element model?

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[equ]

Creating and analyzing a finite element model sorry.

 

[JohnRBaker]

I figured that would be the case, which means that I'll have to let someone else take a shot at this one. Sorry.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.