Nastran is a registered trademark of the national aeronautics and space administration. Nx nastran connection elements rbe2, rbe3 and cbush and how amazingly useful they are for fea modeling this white paper assumes that the reader has the basics of fea down pat and an inkling of how relements work. Spring elements in nastran click this link to download the pdf version of this blog post there are some very important differences between these elements. Does anybody know how to create a geometry file in nastran format by using any. The goal of this seminar is to provide the nastran analyst with a comfortable foundation in how these elements can be used accurately and efficiently. Allows multiple spring elements to be defined within the current connector name. Table of contents proprietary and restricted rights notice table of contents 1. It has been our experience that in the modeling of bolted connections or nonstructural discrete masses or just providing a flexible connection between adjacent parts, the right choice of. Lumped masses are used to model mass and inertia at a node and have no stiffness. Generalized spring and damper connection description. Theequationofmotionaccountsfortheforcesactingonthestructureateachinstantin time. The format and definition for all entries in the input deck can be found in the nastran quick reference guides. Note that a grounded spring has only one end point.
Can be viewed and edited in any text editor can include comments to document modeling assumptions and changes. In the latter case, nx nastran predefines the constants as to match the. Introduction to finite element analysis for university. Femap also works in combina tion with a wide variety of finite. Field definition type default eid element identification number. Nastran cbush element orientation stress ebook llc. Click here to access pdf versions of the latest blog posts we will discuss the concept of. Pdf of making efficient connections with rbe2 rbe3 constraint. In femap, the user can create mpcs directly or indirectly with the use of r elements. Defines a generalized spring and damper structural element that may be nonlinear or frequency dependent. I installed the pdf save addon for excel 2007 but now i need to know what the number code is for the file format for when i save the excel file. In this post, you will discover some interesting aspects of the various types of spring elements in nastran. The nastran input file the two files which contain the finite element model definition are the patran database file the nastran input file the nastran input file is useful in a number of ways. Integer 0 required pid property identification number of a pbush entry.
Nx nastran connection elements rbe2, rbe3 and cbush and. This checkbox automatically puts this spring connector under connectors in the current analysis branch of the tree. Springs versus cbush there is no versus, the only spring element that i use is the cbush. When selecting the spring option under type on the connector form, the following sections are available. The forces are in the cbush element coordinate system.
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