Rigid Body Motion Property

Rigid body motion property is a physical property assigned to a connection (rigid body motion behavior).

Related Topics
Coincident
Rigid Beam
Rigid Spider

Input


  • Degrees of freedom: relaxation of some relations (optional)
  • Local axis (optional)

Output


  • Point force vector
  • Point moment vector

Position and Axis System

The output characteristics can be expressed at the given positions in the element and in different axis system:

Characteristics Position Axis System
Point force vector Nodes of element Global
Point moment vector Nodes of element Global