Defining Restraint in COSMOS

[shaunzam]

Does anyone know how to create a point restraint (or force point) in COSMOS? Imagine there is a bar of circular cross section. And I just want to fix the center of the circle. Or How I can apply a tension force just to center point of the circle?

 

[APPENG]

Shaunzam,

The thing is that you can create point loads and restraints however they have to placed on a vertex of the model. What it sounds like to me is that you want to load a center of a hole and the problem with that is that there is no mesh at the center of the hole.

What you could try is creating a point in the desired place (center of the hole) and then selecting the inside face of the hole and applying a remote load using that point at focal point of the load.

Hope that gives you some ideas.



Regards,
Jon
jgbena@yahoo.com

 

[shaunzam]

I found out the answer and that would be creating split lines and choose the vertex. Thanks Jon though

Shaun

 

[APPENG]

Yeah that was where I was going next.. but it sounded to me like you wanted a point out in the air.. in which case a remote load will work well!

Happy hunting!

Regards,
Jon
jgbena@yahoo.com