Question about beam calculation with calculix
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But this would mean all 1D stress results we present ATM are just rubbish. Am I right?
Only the expanded 3D ones are useful.
Only the expanded 3D ones are useful.
Re: Question about beam calculation with calculix
Yes, if the beam is loaded in bending.
But if you change element type e.g. to truss T3D3 which does not transfer bending moments, I would expect stresses to be correct. (it will behave like a cable)
In 2D elements analogous situation is for membrane elements.
But if you change element type e.g. to truss T3D3 which does not transfer bending moments, I would expect stresses to be correct. (it will behave like a cable)
In 2D elements analogous situation is for membrane elements.
Re: Question about beam calculation with calculix
I intuitively assumed the beam is calculated with the profile I specify, and the 3d option is only for visualization purposes. So like a normal hand calculation calculix calculates bending moments etc. from the beam, and deflections and stresses than from those moments and the profile. If this option uses different elements it is not very clear, and maybe should be made more obvious.
Yes, at least for the FC presentation where one assumes a beam element with a given profile, e.g. rectangle, the 1D results are not what is expected by the user and IMHO wrong.But this would mean all 1D stress results we present ATM are just rubbish. Am I right?
Only the expanded 3D ones are useful.
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Yes, deflection line / sigma-x-stress (along arrow left pic) seems ok.
The model "error" at the fixing (no tangent zero) as I said above does not occur when using
FC0.19 instead of FC0.18. Sorry...
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Re: Question about beam calculation with calculix
Are you sure it is a FreeCAD difference between 0.18 and 0.19? AFAIK I did not change anything in this regard.
Since you are on Windows and on Windows ccx is bundled with FreeCAD it could be FreeCAD 0.18 just uses an older ccx. Try to use the same ccx binary from 0.18 and 0.19 (set in FEM prefs) and see if you get the expected results with 0.18 too.
Since you are on Windows and on Windows ccx is bundled with FreeCAD it could be FreeCAD 0.18 just uses an older ccx. Try to use the same ccx binary from 0.18 and 0.19 (set in FEM prefs) and see if you get the expected results with 0.18 too.
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Re: Question about beam calculation with calculix
which ccx version did you use to get 0.365 mm?
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Re: Question about beam calculation with calculix
When you click to run CalculiX from FreeCAD, there is a log window which contains version information.
Re: Question about beam calculation with calculix
if you use the task panel version info should be printed inside task panel.