Posted by: mariantrifan
Rubber expansion joint - 06/24/08 09:17 AM
Hey gays
Is somebody nice to help me
I need to modelled in Caesar a rubber bellow and I don't now .
Is total different from metallic.
Please help me.
Posted by: corne
Re: Rubber expansion joint - 06/24/08 10:26 AM
Just enter it the same way as a metal one. You can get the stiffnesses from your supplier.
Posted by: Richard Ay
Re: Rubber expansion joint - 06/24/08 08:24 PM
... but be sure you enter all of the stiffnesses. Rubber bellows don't have the same lateral-bending stiffness relation as metallic bellows do.