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Free Body Results interpertation

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Michel1978

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Nov 12, 2008
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Hello,

I wonder how the "Free body Results" in NX works. I would like to know all the acting forces on a surface or a random chosen intersection. I heard this should be possible with this function.
But when I calculate a bar with a tension force I don't get the same force on a cross-section in the bar. I just found out that the type of elements has affect on the results. With 3D-tet I get wrong results and with 3D-swept the results are good.
So, why do I not get the right force on the cross-section with 3D-tet elements? (the applied force is 1000N and the FBR gives me 665N on the surface)

Finally I would like to use these derived forces for calculating the height needed for a weld seam. So in fact I don't necessarily need the forces at each cross-section but preferably at places where plates are glued together. Therefore I need shear and pull forces and the moments on the weld seam.

See attached some pics of what I did.

Groeten, Michel

I use NX10
HP Z420 Intel Xeon 3.2GHz
Quadro K4000 3GB
64GB Memory
Windows 7, 64-bit

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