Posted by: Michael_Fletcher
Cold Spring (Cut Short) Modeling Technique - 08/11/21 01:00 PM
Having casually passed this topic a number of times, I've come across the first time I need to actually model it.
The documentation indicates the load case setup requires using a CS variable (as well as modify it by 2/3 and 4/3), but I'm not sure I see a location to input cold spring to cause this CS variable to appear.
Notionally, I'd expect I could use our favorite linear thermal expansion equation to back out a dummy element length and temperature and turn it rigid, and set temperatures to all else to 70F, and use this
the neutral temperature case.
But I wanted to make sure that I'm not missing something that's obvious.
The documentation indicates the load case setup requires using a CS variable (as well as modify it by 2/3 and 4/3), but I'm not sure I see a location to input cold spring to cause this CS variable to appear.
Notionally, I'd expect I could use our favorite linear thermal expansion equation to back out a dummy element length and temperature and turn it rigid, and set temperatures to all else to 70F, and use this
the neutral temperature case.
But I wanted to make sure that I'm not missing something that's obvious.