Cantiliver beam with rigid appendix (CSD)

manu551 · January 30, 2017, 19:47

Hi all,

I'm modelling a 2D (Plane stress) cantiliver beam in OpenFOAM with a rigid appendix, loaded with an end point load.
My problem is insert the rigid appendix at the end. Because I tried using a multiMaterial property with high Elastic modulus for the rigid part, but this is very expensive from a computational point of view.
So... How can I do it?
Now I'm using stressFoam, but every OpenFOAM structural solver is ok for me.

Thanks.

manu551 · February 6, 2017, 16:49

Is there something you are don't understanding?

Please help me... it takes more than one day to resolve, but is a slightly coarse mesh!

January 30, 2017, 19:47	Cantiliver beam with rigid appendix (CSD)	#1
manu551 New Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 10	Hi all, I'm modelling a 2D (Plane stress) cantiliver beam in OpenFOAM with a rigid appendix, loaded with an end point load. My problem is insert the rigid appendix at the end. Because I tried using a multiMaterial property with high Elastic modulus for the rigid part, but this is very expensive from a computational point of view. So... How can I do it? Now I'm using stressFoam, but every OpenFOAM structural solver is ok for me. Thanks.

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February 6, 2017, 16:49		#2
manu551 New Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 10	Is there something you are don't understanding? Please help me... it takes more than one day to resolve, but is a slightly coarse mesh!