We’re always looking for ways to improve how we work and be more efficient with our time. Pre-processing a model in Ansys can be quite time consuming so any way of reducing this with tools in Ansys would be helpful, wouldn’t it?
If you’re creating a model which has multiple bodies, Ansys Mechanical will need to know how these bodies interact with one another – using joints is one method of doing this.
We’ve put together this short video as a way of introducing joints in Ansys Mechanical.
Joints may enable the user to:
- Have better control over the degrees of freedom at a connection.
- Reduce run time and improve solver stability, as joints typically reduce the number of degrees of freedom in the model.
- Omit some bodies entirely, reducing the complexity of the model which further improves solve time and solver stability.
It’s worth noting though that joints may not always be the appropriate choice of connection, as they may not capture the intricate effects that are captured when using contacts, to find out more, please enjoy the associated video.
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