Hi @snipesc, Sounds like an interesting project! Looks like you've already gotten some good advice. I would start off by looking at it from the big...

@manual_surtax, Helpful advice! Try to limit any links that you post to be directly relevant to the topic, otherwise it comes across as spammy 🙂

@meees I’m not sure what you mean by that first point. The thickness of the beam should be taken into account for the contact unless you define a va...

@meees ah I see. Well there is a contact that works for beams to surfaces: *Contact_Automatic_Beams_to_SurfaceNow I’m not sure if it will work for t...

@gmc23 Yeah this can be tricky. You may have missed some nodes to rotate like in joints etc. Try selecting "Whole" when you are selecting nodes for ...

Hi @murali, Sorry for the delay. The links below should give you plenty of detail regarding your question. Let me know if you have any further quest...

Hi @leberkaes94, If they are recently developed functions then it could be your solver for sure. I'm not sure what the latest solver version is, bu...

Hi @meees, So by beam, you are talking about that blue part correct? Because that does not appear to be a beam element (1D) unless you have some vi...

Hi @pjay, Direct contacts between rigid parts should be avoided in LS-DYNA. You say that the simulation takes much longer with *Mat_Elastic for the ...

@jaguar36 Ah, I'll keep thinking on it.

Hi @jaguar36, Try showing 1 part at a time when doing this. So go to select part and only select one part that you want a fringe plot. Then after t...

Hi @stefception, I tried searching for this but could not find a solution. There may be a way to do this that I don't know of or a way to do it pos...

Hi @zanoofar, I'll link to an LS-Dyna ticket request below. It's basically just an official answer from LSTC. This may or may not be helpful, ...

@richsmith I agree, the database should be kept. You can still access the threads that were sent to your email if you were subscribed, but the databas...

@hugo-s I would suggest splitting those selected nodes into two separate node sets and then creating two *Boundary_prescribed_motion_set to apply mo...