Large deformation analysis crash

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Permalink Reply by Karamba3D on March 14, 2018 at 9:56am

Hi Arthur,

there are unconnected nodes in the model (see attached definition). Due to a bug in Karamba 1.2.2 this leads to a crash in the LaDeform-component. With Karamba 1.3.0 this crash does not occur.

Best,

Clemens

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Permalink Reply by Arthur van Lier on March 19, 2018 at 5:10am

Thanks Clemens, I've updated Karamba and it's working now. 

I've got two more questions about the large deformation analysis.

1) Does this analysis also take into account 2nd order effects caused by normal force? So far I was assuming it doesn't, because increasing the load doesn't cause the system to buckle. Buckling does occur in the TH2 analysis.

So, is there a way to take into account the deformation of the geometry + the effect of normal forces on the stability in Karamba? 

2) Is it true that nodal displacements cannot be read after large deformation analysis. The 'Nodal displacement' component is giving me the following error:

"1. Model of iteration #0: There are no calculated results available for the model. Did you forget to calculate the model?"

Thanks again,

Arthur

Permalink Reply by Karamba3D on March 19, 2018 at 2:11pm

The 'Large Deformation Analysis'-component is meant for formfinding only. It is based on a purely incremental procedure and therefore not sufficiently accurate to get cross section forces or stresses from it (see manual).

In case you want to have second order theory with large displacements try the 'AnalyzeNonlin'-component of Karamba 1.3.

ad 2.: the message is correct since the displacements are used to update the nodal coordinates of the system.

Best,

Clemens