A Quadratic Pipe Element in LS-DYNA®
Analysis of long piping structures can be challenging due to the enormous number of shell/solid elements that would be required to model a piping structure accurate. In that context a new beam element has been developed that can, if used correctly, reduce the number of elements used in a pipe simulation. Since it is constructed of 3 nodes it is perfect for describing pipe bends, so called elbows. This documentimplemented inDYNA R7 [1]. is meant as an introduction and modelling techniquesLS-DYNA® R7.0.0 but improvements are implementedfor the elbowin the comingelement. It is update of LS-DYNA R7
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A Quadratic Pipe Element in LS-DYNA®
Analysis of long piping structures can be challenging due to the enormous number of shell/solid elements that would be required to model a piping structure accurate. In that context a new beam element has been developed that can, if used correctly, reduce the number of elements used in a pipe simulation. Since it is constructed of 3 nodes it is perfect for describing pipe bends, so called elbows. This documentimplemented inDYNA R7 [1]. is meant as an introduction and modelling techniquesLS-DYNA® R7.0.0 but improvements are implementedfor the elbowin the comingelement. It is update of LS-DYNA R7
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