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September 25, 2023 at 8:33 am
Paolo Langella
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Hello Peter,

I would like to ask for your opinion.

The goal of my analysis is to analyse stress in the wires, the contact force between the rolling elements and the interaction between the wires and the holes. 

  • Do you think static structural analysis is the most appropriate one to choose, or should I move to transient or motion (even though I couldn't find any motion tutorial)?
  • I did most of my analysis using solid elements, should I move to link180 or cable280 to model the wires?
  • Should I just consider a set of static configurations and analyse them instead of applying variable loads? 

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