Hello All,
I am trying to build a homogenized model of beam elements and 2D solid elements in abaqus 6.12. I tried connecting beam elements with plane stress elements through sharing (common) nodes with basic interaction module. The node of beam element (lower end) and node of solid element (upper) are connected through a wire offered in interaction module. This wire have been assigned connector properties. I tried to connect with axial (translation) + rotation connector, so the bending of beam can be transferred to solid elements. But I did not get expected behavior.
I know that regular solid elements do not offer rotational degrees of freedom, but a very fine mesh can mimic the rotational degrees of freedom.
Can anyone suggest a better solution: so the bending degrees of freedom from beam elements (B21) can be transferred to solid elements (2D)?
Thanks,
Jay Patel