{"id":314761,"date":"2023-11-03T13:54:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T13:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/contact-between-line-model-and-solid-body\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T08:14:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T08:14:41","slug":"contact-between-line-model-and-solid-body","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/contact-between-line-model-and-solid-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact between line model and solid body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am trying to model a rail with a bracket, the rail is a hollow cyclinder, and is fixed at both ends. A load is applied through the bracket.<\/p>\n<p>I am struggling to get the model to run &#8211; is the below set up correct in principle? i.e is this kind of contact between a beam element and a solid possible?<\/p>\n<p>Are there any obvious areas to look at first, such as contact set up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/03-11-2023-1699019428-mceclip0.png\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-314761","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-beamelement-1","topic-tag-contact"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["290033","58821"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.52.43.88"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["714"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["314761"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["58821","290033"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["4"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["314787"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["314787"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-11-03 15:23:35"]},"test":"george-harveybabcockinternational-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/314761","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\/314761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}