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Ansys Learning Forum › Forums › Discuss Simulation › LS Dyna › Need some help in *ELEMENT_BEAM_ELBOW › Reply To: Need some help in *ELEMENT_BEAM_ELBOW

November 22, 2023 at 5:43 pm
Jim Day
Ansys Employee

Firstly, it's important to note that the ELBOW option of *ELEMENT_BEAM is earmarked as "beta" in the latest User's Manual.   Secondly, if you go to dynalook.com and search on "elbow", the first hit will be a downloadable paper on the LS-DYNA elbow element.   There are deformation modes included in the elbow element that are not considered in a straight, beam element like beam formulation 1.   To some extent, those modes will affect the stresses.  

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