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GROUND – Ground Body Definition for Multi-body Simulation

Description

Defines a ground body out of a list of finite element properties, elements, and grid points.

Format

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GROUND

BID

BODY_NAME

 

TYPE1

ID1

ID2

ID3

ID4

ID5

ID6

ID7

 

 

 

ID8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TYPE2

ID1

ID2

 

 

 

 

 

 

TYPE#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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GROUND

3

SUPPORTING_BEAM

 

PSHELL

23

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PBEAM

9

59

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONM2

2345

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRID

400

401

402

 

 

 

 

 

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GROUND

4

ANCHOR

 

PBAR

10

11

13

15

22

99

88

 

 

 

44

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field

Contents

BID

Unique body identification number.

No default (Integer > 0)

BODY_NAME

Unique body name for this PRBODY.

Default = OUTFILE_body_<BID> (Character string)

TYPE#

Flag indicating that the following list of IDs refer to entities of this type. All property definitions; CELAS2, CONM2, PLTOEL, RBE2, RBE3, RBAR, RROD, and GRID are valid types for this field.

No default (PBAR, PBARL, PBEAM, PBEAML, PBUSH, PCOMP, PDAMP, PELAS, PGAP, PROD, PSHEAR, PSHELL, PSOLID, PVISC, PWELD, CELAS2, CONM2, PLOTEL, RBE2, RBE3, RBAR, RROD, or GRID)

ID#

Identification numbers of entities of the preceding TYPE flag.

No default (Integer > 0)

Comments

1.Any number of property definitions; CELAS2, CONM2, PLOTEL, RBAR, RBE2, RBE3, or RROD elements or grid points can be given.
2.At least one property definition, element, or grid point must be given.
3.A property definition, CELAS2, CONM2, PLOTEL, RBE2, REB3, RBAR, or RROD element or grid point can only belong to one ground or rigid or flexible body.
4.The grid ID provided in the ground card is considered grounded.
5.This card is represented as a group in HyperMesh.

See Also:

Bulk Data Section

Guidelines for Bulk Data Entries

The Input File