{"id":161411,"date":"2021-08-18T08:34:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T08:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-prevent-rigid-body-motion-on-a-3d-beam-model\/"},"modified":"2021-08-23T12:04:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T12:04:53","slug":"how-to-prevent-rigid-body-motion-on-a-3d-beam-model","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-prevent-rigid-body-motion-on-a-3d-beam-model\/","title":{"rendered":"How to prevent rigid body motion on a 3D-Beam Model"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Item-Body\">\n<div class=\"Message userContent\">\n<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>I want to study a compressed beam in Ansys Mechanical APDL. To model the beam I used shell elements.<\/p>\n<p>But, in order to run the analysis, I need to prevent rigid body motions of the beam. How can I do it? Which constraints should I use?<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedExternal embedImage\">\n<div class=\"embedExternal-content\">\n<a class=\"embedImage-link\" href=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/676\/JVEY85P7J9CV.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"embedImage-img\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/676\/JVEY85P7J9CV.png\" alt=\"3DBeam.png\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-161411","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-beam-analysis-1","topic-tag-constraint","topic-tag-rigid-body-motion","topic-tag-shell","topic-tag-shell-elements"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_author_ip":[""],"_bbp_old_reply_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_reply_anonymous_id":["false"],"_btv_view_count":["1853"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_bbp_subscription":["237478"],"_bbpmt_movedon":["2022-08-26 08:02:12"],"_bbpmt_movedfrom":["27820"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["161411"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","219686"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["5"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["189386"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["189386"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2021-08-23 12:04:53"]},"test":"benedikta-schmidt1gmail-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/161411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/161411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}