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Constraint on a beam bottom surface not on the neutral axis

Submitted by Yuchi Kang on

Hi!

I have a question regarding the beam deflection. As shown in the pic, the roller constraint is applied on the bottom of the beam(Beam A) rather than neutral axis(Beam B). Could anybody help to provide some information about Beam A hand calculation?

Thanks!

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New shear lock free finite elements with arbitrary higher order derivative

Submitted by psubbu2000 on

A set of highly efficient and shear lock free finite elements based on Timoshenko  beam and Reissner-Mindlin plate theories has been developed for the analysis of thin and thick structures. These elements have arbitrary higher order derivatives and do not require any spcial integration scheme. All are isoparametric elements.

P.Subramanian

Beam-Shell contact in Abaqus

Submitted by icecube477 on
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Hello everybody.

 

I am doing my diploma project and I have to model an off-shore oil-rig in Abaqus. It's a metallic truss-type system. I've defined all of the elements composing the structure as wire elements and the decks as solids. Does anybody know how to define the contact between the decks and the supporting beams? The decks are supposed to be bolted to the beams.

 

 

Radiation in 1D beam finite elements

Submitted by Rani on

Hi everyone,

 

Has anyone ever come across the treatment of radiation heat transfer in one-dimensional beams using FEM ? Convection and conduction are well established, but I was wondering whether radiation is still an open area of research?

 Any links to publications would be very much appreciated, Thank you