{"id":370619,"date":"2024-07-05T03:24:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T03:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/expansion-joint-to-spring\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T03:24:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T03:24:58","slug":"expansion-joint-to-spring","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/expansion-joint-to-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Expansion joint to Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I have an Omega type expansion joint looks like attached connecting two beams together. I have number of these expansion joints in the assembly and to decrease analysis time in my FEA, I &lsquo;ve decided to model these expansion joints as Springs. I tried to find the stiffness of the expansion joint, but not sure how to do it. When I introduce an expansion increments in x direction to one side of an expansion joint on the Fixed side I get Fx, Fy, and Mz. Same for Y direction, as when I introduce y direction displacement increments, I get F&rsquo;x, F&rsquo;y, M&rsquo;z on the Fixed side. In this case how can I define joints between to beams as spring?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/05-07-2024-1720149762-mceclip3.png\" width=\"1070\" height=\"313\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">thanks,<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/05-07-2024-1720149683-mceclip0.png\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-370619","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_btv_view_count":["219"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_subscription":["88"],"_bbp_topic_id":["370619"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["88","12501"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["371257"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["371257"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-07-10 07:08:45"]},"test":"5c325989c1c157161ab430f1abbec8ac025ff994"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/370619","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\/370619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}