Hi all,
can someone explan why the nodes 2 and 3 move together?
i was trying to get them to move only after some displacement...
thanks in advance,
here is my code:
! test endstops
/clear
fini
/PREP7
MP,PRXY,1,0.3
MP,EX,1,200e9
MP,DENS,1,7850
ET,1,BEAM188 ,,,3 ! cubic shape function
SECT,1,BEAM,RECT ! BEAM PROPERTIES
SECD,0.1,0.1
N,1,0
N,2,1
N,3,1
N,4,2
Mat,1
TYPE,1
SECN,1
E,1,2
E,3,4
*AFUN,RAD
ET,2,MPC184,6,,,1
SECTYPE,2,JOINT,REVO ! REVOLUTE JOINT
LOCAL,11,0,1
SECJOIN,,11,11
SECSTOP,6,-3.14,3.14 ! ALLOW 180 DEG. ROTATION
!SECSTOP,6,-.6435,0.6435 ! ALLOW 37 DEG. ROTATION
!SECLOCK,6,-1.287,1.287 ! ALLOW 74 DEG. ROTATION THEN LOCK-UP
TYPE,2
SECN,2
E,2,3
/eshape,1
eplot
/SOLU
lsclear,all
alls
d,1,all
d,4,all
f,2,fy,-1000
alls
NLGEOM,ON
NSUBST,5
SOLVE
/POST1
file,file,rst
set,last
alls
/eshape,0
/dscale,,100
plnsol,u,sum
*GET,UY2,NODE,2,U,Y
*GET,UY3,NODE,3,U,Y
*GET,rotz2,NODE,2,rot,z
*GET,rotz3,NODE,3,rot,z
can someone explan why the nodes 2 and 3 move together?
i was trying to get them to move only after some displacement...
thanks in advance,
here is my code:
! test endstops
/clear
fini
/PREP7
MP,PRXY,1,0.3
MP,EX,1,200e9
MP,DENS,1,7850
ET,1,BEAM188 ,,,3 ! cubic shape function
SECT,1,BEAM,RECT ! BEAM PROPERTIES
SECD,0.1,0.1
N,1,0
N,2,1
N,3,1
N,4,2
Mat,1
TYPE,1
SECN,1
E,1,2
E,3,4
*AFUN,RAD
ET,2,MPC184,6,,,1
SECTYPE,2,JOINT,REVO ! REVOLUTE JOINT
LOCAL,11,0,1
SECJOIN,,11,11
SECSTOP,6,-3.14,3.14 ! ALLOW 180 DEG. ROTATION
!SECSTOP,6,-.6435,0.6435 ! ALLOW 37 DEG. ROTATION
!SECLOCK,6,-1.287,1.287 ! ALLOW 74 DEG. ROTATION THEN LOCK-UP
TYPE,2
SECN,2
E,2,3
/eshape,1
eplot
/SOLU
lsclear,all
alls
d,1,all
d,4,all
f,2,fy,-1000
alls
NLGEOM,ON
NSUBST,5
SOLVE
/POST1
file,file,rst
set,last
alls
/eshape,0
/dscale,,100
plnsol,u,sum
*GET,UY2,NODE,2,U,Y
*GET,UY3,NODE,3,U,Y
*GET,rotz2,NODE,2,rot,z
*GET,rotz3,NODE,3,rot,z
