May 6, 2009 #1 Noirom84 Mechanical Mar 17, 2008 33 0 0 PL Hi For many of you this question might be trivial...but... Can anyone simple explain me why solid elements (C3D8, C3d10, ect) don't have rotational degree of freedom? Regards
Hi For many of you this question might be trivial...but... Can anyone simple explain me why solid elements (C3D8, C3d10, ect) don't have rotational degree of freedom? Regards
May 6, 2009 #2 johnhors Aerospace Jan 21, 2004 1,021 0 0 GB The element formulation for solids does not consider rotational degrees of freedoms. Really you should go to a text book on the theory if you want an in depth answer! Upvote 0 Downvote
The element formulation for solids does not consider rotational degrees of freedoms. Really you should go to a text book on the theory if you want an in depth answer!