{"id":170795,"date":"2023-06-05T07:05:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T07:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/i-am-working-with-line-bodies-in-workbench-mechanical-and-the-stiffness-behavior-can-be-either-flexible-or-stiff-beam-what-is-the-difference-3\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:33:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:33:47","slug":"i-am-working-with-line-bodies-in-workbench-mechanical-and-the-stiffness-behavior-can-be-either-flexible-or-stiff-beam-what-is-the-difference-3","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/i-am-working-with-line-bodies-in-workbench-mechanical-and-the-stiffness-behavior-can-be-either-flexible-or-stiff-beam-what-is-the-difference-3\/","title":{"rendered":"I am working with line bodies in Workbench Mechanical and the \u201cStiffness Behavior\u201d can be either \u201cFlexible\u201d or \u201cStiff Beam\u201d. What is the difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u201cStiff Beam\u201d option approximates a rigid beam by making the Young’s modulus 1e4 times higher than the one defined in the Engineering Data Workspace. Additional information can be found in the documentation: ANSYS Documentation > Mechanical Applications > Mechanical User\u2019s Guide > Specifying Geometry > Geometry Introduction > Stiffness Behavior > Stiff Beam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-170795","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-18-2","topic-tag-beams-and-shells","topic-tag-general","topic-tag-mechanical","topic-tag-modeling-and-meshing","topic-tag-structural-mechanics"],"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