Reciprocating Compressor lines- Model Dynamically unstable

Dear Friends

On a large piping system while trying to calculate natural frequency of the system after making successfull static run I am getting following prompt from CAESARII.

" Model is dynamically unstable. {Rigid body modes} Need some extra restraint to prevent infinite sliding or rotation."

I do not think I have any free ends at all.

How can I find where I need more restraint and why??

C2 lineraizes the non linear system ( if so) before running the dynamic analysis. It may have so happened that for the particular static case chosen, some supports may not be there during linearization as they may not be load taking. This may have created a system where the stiffness matrix is singular.

Try to select other cases for " system linearization". This may give you the desired stable system.Friction is also a non linearity which the dynamic solver cannot handle. May be the friction stiffness inclusion in the dynamic solution can help eleminate the rigid body modes.

Anindya Bhattacharya