{"id":396992,"date":"2024-12-10T21:21:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/beam-connection-for-three-plate-2\/"},"modified":"2024-12-15T20:49:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T20:49:31","slug":"beam-connection-for-three-plate-2","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/beam-connection-for-three-plate-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beam Connection for Three Plate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;&lt;div style=&#8221;direction: ltr; border-width: 100%;&#8221;&gt;&lt;div style=&#8221;direction: ltr; margin-top: 0in; margin-left: 0in; width: 4.6645in;&#8221;&gt;&lt;div style=&#8221;direction: ltr; margin-top: 0in; margin-left: 0in; width: 4.6645in;&#8221;&gt;&lt;p style=&#8221;margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;&#8221;&gt;Hi everyone,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p style=&#8221;margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;&#8221;&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p style=&#8221;margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;&#8221;&gt;I use beam elements instead of bolt connections in parts consisting of 3 plates.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p style=&#8221;margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;&#8221;&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p style=&#8221;margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;&#8221;&gt;As seen in the figure, I proceeded by selecting the washer surfaces of the first plate and the last plate to create the connection.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p style=&#8221;margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;&#8221;&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p style=&#8221;margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;&#8221;&gt;But how can I establish contact between the mid plate and this beam element?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p style=&#8221;margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;&#8221;&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p style=&#8221;margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;&#8221;&gt;Under Connections, all bodies are defined as frictionless. 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