ACT Beam EndRelease Extension

Features overview
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Overall description

This presentation describes an ACT-based extension which provides

additional features for both pre and post-processing for beam
elements.

The pre-processing focuses on the end release definition which is

available with the element BEAM 44.

The post-processing appears to be much more generic as this

extension provides advanced graphic capabilities to display results on
beam elements in Mechanical.

This extension has been developed using the ACT product.

This extension requires the version 15.0 to run

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Pre-processing: EndRelease object

ACT-based EndRelease object which enables end release

definitions on edges

Intermediate location number addresses intermediate results along

the beam element

Note that elements related to the scoped edges are automatically

transformed to BEAM44 elements

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Post-processing

You can display beam element results using the post tool of BRV

Scope the elements on which you want to plot results, select a result
name and component and then evaluate the result in the same way as
for any other Mechanical result.

The result component is based on the element coordinate system (The

X direction fits with the element longitudinal direction)

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Post-processing: Result & component

definition

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Post-processing: Options

A set of options have been integrated so that the user can adjust the
display accordingly. Both the position and the scale of the display can be
modifies from the ACT-based post-processing object

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Post-processing: Result Display

The orientation node of the element is used to orient the display of the
result. By default, the result axis is normal to the element and points
toward the orientation node.

Consequently, the display is directly dependent on the orientations of

the edges. See below an example with two parallel edges with inversed
orientations.

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