{"id":32020,"date":"2018-12-08T04:38:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T04:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-apply-connecting-stiffness-using-spring-in-circumferential-direction\/"},"modified":"2018-12-08T04:38:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T04:38:58","slug":"how-to-apply-connecting-stiffness-using-spring-in-circumferential-direction","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-apply-connecting-stiffness-using-spring-in-circumferential-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"How to apply connecting stiffness using spring in circumferential direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m performing a modal analysis on two cylindrical structures(shells)&nbsp;connected to each-other by springs.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The spring must have stiffness in all the 3 coordinate system directions and a rotational spring .<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I was able to provide body-body contact for the longitudinal direction and Body-ground condition individually to the&nbsp; two shells for the transverse direction. I was able to change the definition to torsional to simulate the rotational spring.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>However, I&#8217;m unsure on how I must provide spring stiffness to simulate connecting stiffness in the circumferential direction.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Is there any way of providing it?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-32020","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["4192"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0","0","0","0","0"],"_btv_view_count":["3685"],"_bbp_subscription":["236808"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["32020"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","43997","160648","162208"],"_bbp_voice_count":["4"],"_bbp_reply_count":["7"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["78449"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["78449"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2019-02-25 10:00:49"]},"test":"devaiah"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/32020","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\/32020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}