{"id":396991,"date":"2024-12-10T21:17:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/beam-connection-for-three-plate\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T10:08:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T10:08:56","slug":"beam-connection-for-three-plate","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/beam-connection-for-three-plate\/","title":{"rendered":"Beam Connection for Three Plate"},"content":{"rendered":"

<div>Hi everyone,<\/div><div> <\/div><div>I use beam elements instead of bolt connections in parts consisting of 3 plates.<\/div><div> <\/div><div>As seen in the figure, I proceeded by selecting the washer surfaces of the first plate and the last plate to create the connection.<\/div><div> <\/div><div>But how can I establish contact between the mid plate and this beam element?<\/div><div> <\/div><div>Under Connections, all bodies are defined as frictionless. Can I continue without establishing contact by acting like a body in the formed beam element?<\/div><div> <\/div><div>Can you help me on this matter?<\/div><div> <\/div><div>#question #discussion<\/div><div> <\/div><div><\/div><p> <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-396991","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-beamelement-1","topic-tag-beam-elements"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t