Running Analysis on a frame solid beam elements instead of line elements
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03-09-2020
11:21 AM
I'm trying to run analysis on a roll cage that was generated by Inventor's Frame Generator in Nastran with solid beam elements instead of line elements because there is some speculation that the line elements will not showcase the complex geometry associated with the tube - tube joints. However, whenever I run the analysis with solid beam elements I get fatal error 5004. I've tried changing my contact distance and manual contacts but I still can't get it to complete.
The beam elements important into nastran as line elements but then I change them to solid elements and mesh the whole thing together.
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