{"id":352745,"date":"2024-02-21T08:40:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T08:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-correctly-use-beam-elements-to-simulate-screws\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T08:40:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T08:40:42","slug":"how-to-correctly-use-beam-elements-to-simulate-screws","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-correctly-use-beam-elements-to-simulate-screws\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Correctly Use Beam Elements to Simulate Screws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi guys,<\/p>\n<p>I use beam element to simulte screw in ansys mechanical. The scope in reference and that in mobile I have selected are shown in figs below. However, the length of the generated beam element is shorter than the length of the screw shank. As you see in the second picture, the end of the beam element has not reached the end of the blue face, which should be the real end of the screw. could any one tell me why? Many thanks!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/21-02-2024-1708504336-reference scope.png\" alt=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/21-02-2024-1708504812-mobile scope.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-352745","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-bolt-modelling-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["339630","49095"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.206.193.59"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1562"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["352745"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["49095","339630"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["352804"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["352804"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-02-21 12:24:42"]},"test":"lsheyuhaogmail-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/352745","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\/352745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}