{"id":397311,"date":"2024-12-12T17:23:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T17:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/geometry-condensation-with-joints\/"},"modified":"2024-12-16T08:38:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T08:38:42","slug":"geometry-condensation-with-joints","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/geometry-condensation-with-joints\/","title":{"rendered":"Geometry condensation with joints"},"content":{"rendered":"

<p><p>Greetings,<\/p><p>I am trying to perform a geometry condensation of an assembly consisting of two bodies. The connection between the two bodies should be modeled as a constant 6×6 stiffness matrix between two remote points. <\/p><p>The modal analysis was performed with MPC184 elements whose formulation is not supported by the geometry condensation feature. Using a bushing connection or a COMBI250 element is not sufficient because it covers only the diagonal terms of the stiffness matrix and in my case the off-diagonal terms do play an important role.<\/p><p>Is there anything I could do to overcome this issue in Workbench? <\/p><p>Thanks in advance!<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-397311","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-mechanicalworkbench-1","topic-tag-bushing-1","topic-tag-condensation","topic-tag-connection","topic-tag-mpc184-1","topic-tag-remote-points","topic-tag-stiffness-matrix"],"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