{"id":423631,"date":"2025-02-27T21:58:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/beam-connection-through-3-plates\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T21:58:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:58:32","slug":"beam-connection-through-3-plates","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/beam-connection-through-3-plates\/","title":{"rendered":"Beam connection through 3 plates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I want to use 1D beam to represent a bolted joint that bolts 3 plates together. I am able to beam the top and bottom plate together. How do I constrain the middle plate? The contacts between all 3 plates are set to be frictionless; without proper constraint, the middle plate is unconstrained in the sliding direction.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-423631","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-mechanicalworkbench-1","topic-tag-1d-beam","topic-tag-mechanical"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["423631"],"_bbp_subscription":["488361","49782"],"_bbp_author_ip":["24.206.69.175"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["423642"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["423642"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-02-28 05:05:03"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["488361","49782"],"_btv_view_count":["346"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"huizhelucyzhaolucidmotors-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/423631","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\/423631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}