Impact Loading

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mmb
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Impact Loading

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How can I model impact loading and apply it on a node?
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fmk
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Re: Impact Loading

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put it in a timeseries, Pulse, Path, Triangular, could all be used. The problem is not applying the load but modeling the structure if material rate effects are important!
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