{"id":41104,"date":"2020-02-20T14:10:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T14:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/fe-connections\/"},"modified":"2020-02-20T14:10:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T14:10:03","slug":"fe-connections","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/fe-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"FE connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>II&#8217;m writing to ask you a clarification about an output I get in the displayed results. I&nbsp;don&#8217;t understand very well the explanation reported by the Ansys guide about the FE connection which are visible in the results shaped as a fan beam. In particular I&#8217;ve noticed that when I edit the scale in order to exagerate the displacement for better understanding a FE connection appears in a region where there aren&#8217;t any contacts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Ansys reports this: &#8220;<span style=\"background-color: #fefefe; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: 'FF Unit', 'Myriad Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">During the solution, the Mechanical application will sometimes create additional elements or Constrain Equations (CE) for certain objects such as a remote boundary condition, spot weld, joint, MPC based contact, or weak spring. So that you might better understand how the boundary conditions are applied, the Mechanical application allows you to &ldquo;view&rdquo; these connections after a solution is completed&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #fefefe; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: 'FF Unit', 'Myriad Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">So what is the entity of this FE connection? is it a new contact or boundary condition? How can this be useful?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #fefefe; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: 'FF Unit', 'Myriad Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Could you be so kind to help me?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #fefefe; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: 'FF Unit', 'Myriad Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Thanks!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #fefefe; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: 'FF Unit', 'Myriad Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-41104","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["13284"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1453"],"_bbp_subscription":["241639"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["41104"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["167024"],"_bbp_voice_count":["1"],"_bbp_reply_count":["0"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["0"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["41104"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2020-02-20 14:10:03"]},"test":"nyla"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/41104","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\/41104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}