Join and support in Ansys

[WillyWonka]

How can I simulate in Ansys the action to join two elements? And how can I simulate support an element on other one with his weight? I am sorry if my English is not very good. I hope that the question is understood. Thank you very much in advance. Best regards.

[Jorgen]

The traditional way to joining two elements is to have them share nodes. If that is not an option in your case, then you can tie the nodes together.

I don't quite understand your question about weight.

- Jorgen

[WillyWonka]

I am sorry for my ignorance. I have read in some books that the only thing that I have to do is to share nodes but, how can I share nodes? Simply moving the objects? Or when I mesh the object? Do I obtain the same effect with the action operate-booleans-add-volumes?

The other question is that I want to simulate weight applying a vertical acceleration of 9.81 m/s^2 multiplied by the mass with the ACCEL command. Can I make it with Main Menu>Preprocessor>LS-DYNA Options>Loading Options>Acceleration CS>Set Accel CS?

Thank you very much for your interest.

[WillyWonka]

Which is the effect of Main Menu> Preprocessor> Modeling> Operate> Booleans> Glue> Volumes? Which is the difference withMain Menu> Preprocessor> Modeling> Operate> Booleans> Add> Volumes?

[ashu28]

Well, there are two ways as far as I know:

1. Use constraint equations
2. Use gap elements

The first method would be easier..


--Ashu