RBE and MPC.pptVIP

RBEs and MPCs in MSC.Nastran A Rip-Roarin’ Review of Rigid Elements RBEs and MPCs Not necessarily “rigid” elements Working Definition: Motion at one GRID drives another Simple Translation Motion at one GRID drives another Simple Rotation RBEs and MPCs Small Displacement Theory Rotations Small displacement theory: sin(?) = tan(?) = ? cos(?) = 1 For Rz @ A RzB = RzA= ? TxB = (-?)*LAB TyB = 0 Typical “Rigid” Elements in MSC.Nastran Geometry-based RBAR RBE2 Geometry- User-input based RBE3 User-input based MPC Common Geometry-Based Rigid Elements RBAR Rigid Bar with six DOF at each end The RBA