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[Alex Li]

Hello Everyone,

I want to simulation shaft system about shaft, bearing and so on. My bearing roller use link 180 element to simulate, but how to create link180 in workbench.

I supply a picture about create bearing in other software. As follow:

[Ashish Khemka]

Hi,

Look for a YouTube video titled: 

How to change BEAM188 Line Bodies into LINK180 Elements in ANSYS Mechanical Workbench

Also, refer to the following post: how to create link180 element in TENSION in ansys workbench?

Regards,

Ashish Khemka

[Alex Li]

Sorry, I want to know how to creat link180?  Or it can use spring element to replace link180.

And how to array the spring element.

This is the final model picture that I used to do it; Now I want to know how to do in workbench, as follow:

[Erik Kostson]

 

 

Hi

It is much better and easier to have a bonded contact with a fixed contact stiffness representing the material between the two rings.

https://www.padtinc.com/2014/09/22/default-contact-stiffness-behavior-for-bonded-contact/#:~:text=If%20all%20contacts%20are%20bonded,underlying%20solid%20or%20shell%20elements.

 

All the best

Erik

 

 

[Alex Li]

Sorry, I didn't understand your reply. 

Before, I usually use link180 to simulate the roller for the SRB bearing in APDL.

Now, I start to use workbench; You know it can't use link180 directly, unless add apdl command.

So what's the best way to creat link180 or spring element and connect the nodes of the solid element. After that, how to array other rolle in the circumferential direction?

All the best