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April 3, 2024 at 5:05 pm
dlooman
Ansys Employee

MATRIX27 was used in the past for this purpose, but the introduction of element COMBI214 around 2010 made it unnecessary.  COMBI214 is a bearing element with a 2x2 stiffness and damping matrix.  The matrices can be unsymmetric and have negative off diagonal values (like for a journal bearing.)  Could you see if COMBI214 can model your bearing?