Mechanical Sciences
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Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-9-373-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-9-373-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
Research article
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16 Nov 2018
Research article |  | 16 Nov 2018

Rotational Constraint between Beams in 3-D Space

Hamid Reza Motamedian and Artem Kulachenko

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This paper presents a way to model the rotational constraint between beam elements in 3-D space. Beam elements are models used to simulate the behavior of slender objects. Such objects can be found for e.g. in bridges, space structures, robots, and networks of fibers (paper, cloth, biological tissue, etc). In many cases, beam elements are welded or bonded together. To model this bonding, the relative displacements and rotations shall be limited at the contact point using appropriate constraints.
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