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Creating Rigid Bearing Plate

Thread starter UWStructEng
Start date Dec 11, 2013

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Dec 11, 2013

UWStructEng

Structural

Hi,

I am modelling a simply supported reinforced concrete beam. The beam is supported on steel bearing plates. I want to model the bearing plates as rigid bodies. I want the plates to be able to rotate, have lateral displacements and be rigid. Can someone help me determine how I should be assigning the Reference Node, Body Elements, Pin Nodes or Tie Nodes required for a Rigid Body constraint?

Thanks

UWStructEng