Release DOFs

jwaugh · Post by **jwaugh** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:59 pm

Is it possible to release a specific DOF on an element. Say you want to release the moment at the end of a beam element. How would this be accomplished?

Thanks

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:51 pm

frank may know more, but you might want to put a hinge-like thing there.
put two nodes and equalDOF the translational dofs...
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jwaugh · Post by **jwaugh** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:22 am

THanks, I want to make like a hinge, I hadn't thought of the double node.

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:13 am

try it and let me know how ti goes.