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erik.kostson
Ansys Employee

Hi

Instead of the RBE2 type of connection you are using now, try the RBE3 type of conenction to connect beams to solids.

RBE3 in LS-Dyna is: *CONSTRAINED_INTERPOLATION

and is suitable as it says below for the connection you are trying.

https://www.dynalook.com/conferences/15th-international-ls-dyna-conference/nvh/ls-dyna2019s-linear-solver-development-2014-phase1-element-validation-part-ii

All the best

Erik

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