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5941-MyFreebody Revc PDF
5941-MyFreebody Revc PDF
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Freebody Tool
Designed to provide an intuitive interface to
MSC.Nastrans Grid Point Force Balance data
G R I D P O I N T F O R C E B A L A N C E
Contributions Included
Applied loads
SPC forces
Element elastic forces
GENEL forces
DMIG referenced by K2GG case control command
Thermal loads
MPC and rigid element forces
Grid Point Force Balance Primer
Contribution from applied loads
Contribution from an element
Contribution from MPC or rigid element
Contribution from SPC
G R I D P O I N T F O R C E B A L A N C E
(2)
(1)
Freebody Loads Plot
Form layout is similar to other result plot types
Select Results
Select one or multiple result cases
Select result type
Etc.
Select Entities
Select target elements. These represent the elements
which will become the freebody.
Display Attributes
Plot forces, moments, or both
Resultants or components
Vector scale, label options
Etc.
Save Data
Saves freebody forces/moments as LBC Set
Show Spreadsheet
Forces and moments at each node
Shows summation. Should be ZEROs if the freebody is in equilibrium.
Result Types
At each node, the grid point force balance table includes
contributions from elements, applied loads, SPCs, and
MPCs, or
FTotal = (Felms) + FApplied + FSPC + FMPC
G R I D P O I N T F O R C E B A L A N C E
Freebody showing
applied loads and
constraint forces
Freebody Loads: Application
Application: Load Path
Freebody from
Cut (3) cuts (2) and (3)
Cut (1)
Cut (2)
Freebody from
cut (2)
Freebody from
cut (1)
Freebody Loads: Application
Application: Fastener Forces
Freebody forces/moments can be
displayed in either
Analysis coordinate frame of the nodes
Or, any single coordinate system, i.e.,
Coord 0, Coord 87, etc.
Displaying freebody data in the
analysis coordinate frame can be
useful for viewing fastener forces in a
local fastener system.
Especially useful for fasteners modeled as
CELAS elements
Freebody Loads: Application
Fastener locations
Exploded view
showing applied loads
(2)
(1)
(3)
Add
Add
Display Attributes
Show force, moment or both together
Display as resultant or components
Dimensions allows data to be
resolved to a particular plane
Useful to resolve loads into running
loads along the edge of a bulkhead,
stringer, etc.
Display Attributes
Control vector scale, vector style, labeling,
etc.
Hide results near zero acts as a filter
Useful to unclutter the display
Note that the spreadsheet sums the vectors that
are displayed. Hence, filtering data below a
threshold will cause the summation to no longer
be ZERO!
No Filter
Filter Applied
Display Attributes
Display free edges only reduces the
vectors to those on free edges of the
freebody
Visualize loading at freebody cut-edges
Spreadsheet will not show a Totals row!
Common Nodes
Forces
Moments
Freebody Interface Plot
Interface method differs from the Loads
method in that both elements and nodes must
be selected
Results belonging to nodes not associated to
the target elements will be ignored
A single net force/moment is calculated at the
summation point in the reference system
The summation point can be any node, point, or
location in space.
Can use Utilities/General/Section Tool to
determine neutral axis
Interface Plot: Example
Determine net reaction at a point along a wing
Summation point
Inboard Elms
Outboard Elms
Summation point
Interface Plot: Example
Result Type: Freebody Loads
Recall that: Freebody Loads = -(Felm)
Also recall that: Felm is stored as vector data for
the element at its nodes
Thus, select nodes along the cut edge (a)
(a)
Select elements that join the cut edge nodes (b) or select
all elements of the outboard portion of the wing (c)
(b)
(c)
Interface Plot: Example
Why does the element selection not matter?
Actually it does!
Freebody Load results is extracted at element nodal
locations from the element list
Thus, in this case, the node list along the cut boundary
means that only elements that connect to these nodes will
contribute
Net reaction from picks (a) Net reaction from pick (a)
and (b) or (a) and (c) and a single element
(112989)
Interface Plot: Example
What if I pick more (or less) nodes?
You will get a different (and most likely wrong) answer!
Select 3 rows of nodes instead of the single row along the cut edge (d)
(d)
(c)
Freebody Load results are pulled for all selected elements connecting to
the selected nodes. Thus, selecting the nodes from (d) results in data
from 3 rows of elements instead of just the 1st row of elements when
picking only the nodes along the cut-edge (a)
The wrong
answer!
Interface Plot: Example
The logical (or illogical) extension would be to select all
outboard nodes and elements
This amounts to summing all the internal element force
contributions at all the nodes
The result simply proves that the wing is indeed in
equilibrium with itself, but is useless otherwise
Interface Plot: Example
What if I select inboard elements instead of outboard
elements?
If no loading or constraint forces or MPC forces are applied to the
selected nodes, the results will only differ in sign
If loading is present at the selected nodes, the results will differ in
sign and by the value of the Applied Loads, Constraint Forces, and
MPC Forces at the nodes
Think shear and moment diagram, i.e., shear at the same location
changes depending on whether you are considering yourself to be
upstream or downstream from the loaded location
P
R1 R2
R1
Outboard
elements P
Inboard R2
elements
Interface Plot: Example
What if I use Applied Loads or Constraint Forces instead of Freebody
Loads as the Result Type?
A key difference is that Freebody Loads are stored as element data and
Applied Loads/Constraint Forces are stored as nodal data
Thus, when using the Interface method must select all nodes/elements to
be included in the summation (e)
(e)
In this example, the outboard Applied Loads should be equal to the inboard
Freebody Loads
Applied Loads on
Freebody Loads on outboard elements
inboard elements
Interface Plot: Example
What if I use Applied Loads or Constraint Forces instead of Freebody
Loads as the Result Type?
In general, the inboard Freebody Loads should be equal to the sum of the
outboard Applied Loads, MPC Forces, SPC Forces, and Summation of
Forces, or
Summation point
Inboard Elms
Outboard Elms
Interface Plot: Example
Can I automatically generate a shear-moment diagram?
Can I do multiple cuts or stations all a once?
Not easily via the user interface as a new summation point and
new nodes need to be selected for each station
PCL could be used to automate this
Stations
Interface Plot: Example
Can I automatically generate a shear-moment diagram? Can I do
multiple cuts or stations all a once?
Best to use the SBMT or Running Loads plot tool
that is delivered as part of MSC.SuperModel
Can plot shear, bending moment, torque based on
LBC set data or applied load results data (OLOAD)
(a) (b)
Freebody Displacement Plot
The alternative to using the Freebody
Tool to create displacement DFEM
fields is to
Create a vector plot of the displacement
resultant in results
Create a continuous FEM field from this
plot
Continuous FEM fields can be applied to a
dissimilar mesh (i.e., no common node IDs)
MSC.Patran can interpolate within a
continuous FEM field
Repeat for rotations
Miscellaneous Stuff
MSC.Patran freebody tool does not support
PARAM, NOELOF, +1
If NOELOF > 0, grid point forces are computed along the
edges of the 2D elements
PARAM, NOELOP, +1
If NOELOP > 0, the sum of the grid point forces are
computed parallel to the edges of adjacent elements
Why cant I include MPCs in the selected
freebody?
MSC.Nastran dumps all MPC contributions at a node
together as a single entry in the grid point force
balance table
MSC.Patrans Freebody Tool