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Help with flexible bodies in RBD

    • William D.
      Subscriber

      Hello, I'm designing a bearing in ansys Rigid Dynamics and encountered the error "Only rigid bodies and flexible bodies which are used in Condensed Parts are allowed in the current analysis". I scoured the entire Internet trying to solve this problem. I tried different types of contact and joint.
      My bottom cover is a rigid body, (part of the ground) is a separate component, the balls are a separate component (shared topology - shared) and the top cover is a component. As far as I know, a component in geometry is a condensed part. What should I do? Thanks in advance.

    • ErKo
      Ansys Employee

      Hi

      The message is I hope clear I believe (flexible bodies need to be condensed parts).

      There are some tutorials online about this and how to define condensed parts.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKObnqWXf6M

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXDrYV5JBTc

      For more on theory see our help manual and this course

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzEEgODBdo4

      https://innovationspace.ansys.com/forum/forums/topic/condensed-geometry/

       

      All the best

      Erik

      • William D.
        Subscriber

         

         

        Thank you! This really helped solve the previous problem. Now I organize the movement of the balls through friction, and not through joint. But now the old problem has appeared in a new place. Shaft+Screw is a body that is part of the Shaft+Screw+Up part via shared topology – shared. As far as I understand, the program requires that I also make Up part of my Codnensed part, and when I do, an error appears about the contact between the Condensed Part and other bodies (Balls, in my case). Joint – Moment force applied to the body Shaft+Screw. What should I do? Thanks in advance.

         

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