{"id":459165,"date":"2026-06-02T08:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/modelling-clamp-support-for-heater-coil\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T08:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:49:12","slug":"modelling-clamp-support-for-heater-coil","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/modelling-clamp-support-for-heater-coil\/","title":{"rendered":"Modelling clamp support for heater coil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am analysing the effect of thermal displacement generated by heater coil on the respective nozzle. I have modelled the coil as 1D beam element with predefines pipe cross section. In reality, this coil is supported by 4 u bolts around its circumference as illustrated on attached image. I am not interested on the stresses generated on the u bolt rather, want to capture its effect on the coil weight and displacement due to the thermal strain. What is the most effecient way to model this support?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/02-06-2026-1780390137-Screenshot 2026-06-02 114522.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-459165","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["459165"],"_bbp_subscription":["484021","240"],"_bbp_author_ip":["196.216.141.32"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["459254"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["459254"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-06-03 11:56:33"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["484021","240"],"_btv_view_count":["41"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"noureldin-ahmed30gmail-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/459165","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\/459165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}