{"id":306476,"date":"2023-09-12T21:01:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T21:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-use-mpc-constraint-in-lsdyna\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T21:01:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T21:01:19","slug":"how-to-use-mpc-constraint-in-lsdyna","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-use-mpc-constraint-in-lsdyna\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use MPC constraint in LSDyna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi<\/p>\n<p>I remember using Multiple point constraints (MPC) in ABAQUS where all the slave nodes are connected to one master node and the displacement applied at that master node was followed by slave nodes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Is there any way I can do this exact same thing in LSDyna. Please see the attached image. I want to connect all the circumferential nodes to the center master node. And then I want to apply Z displacement at that center master node and I want all the slave nodes (circumferential nodes) to follow that. Thanks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/12-09-2023-1694552402-mceclip0.png\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-306476","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-lsdyna"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["37124","3136"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.206.193.154"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1633"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["306476"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27814"],"_bbp_engagement":["3136","37124"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["306670"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["306670"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-09-13 14:16:51"]},"test":"mmia1lsu-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/306476","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\/306476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}