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Bulk Data Entry

PRBODY – Rigid Body Definition for Multi-body Simulation

Description

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

Format

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PRBODY

BID

BODY_NAME

 

TYPE1

ID1

ID2

ID3

ID4

ID5

ID6

ID7

 

 

 

ID8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TYPE2

ID1

ID2

 

 

 

 

 

 

TYPE#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MASS

M

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INERTIA

IXX

IYY

IZZ

IXY

IXZ

IYZ

CID

 

 

COG

X,G

Y

Z

 

 

 

 

 

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PRBODY

3

ARM1

 

PSHELL

23

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PBEAM

9

59

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONM2

2345

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRID

400

401

402

 

 

 

 

 

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PRBODY

4

LEVER

 

PBAR

10

11

13

15

22

99

88

 

 

 

44

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MASS

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INERTIA

120.0

130.0

123.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

 

 

COG

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field

Contents

BID

Unique body identification number.

No default (Integer > 0)

BODY_NAME

Unique body name. This 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, PLOTEL, RBE2, RBE3, RBAR, RROD, and GRID are valid types for this field.

No default (PBAR, PBARL, PBEAM, PBEAML, PBUSH, PCOMP, PCOMPP, PCOMPG, 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)

MASS

Flag to overwrite the finite element mass of the body. Indicates that a mass value is to follow.

M

Mass. Must be positive non-zero values.

(Real > 0.0)

INERTIA

Flag to overwrite the finite element inertia of the body. Indicates that the inertia properties are to follow.

IXX,IYY,IZZ,
IXY,IXZ,IYZ

Moments of inertia.

(For IXX, IYY, IZZ Real > 0.0
For IXY, IXZ, IYZ Real)

CID

Coordinate system identification number to define the orientation of the inertia tensor.

A CID of zero or blank references the basic coordinate system.

(Integer > 0 or blank)

COG

Flag to overwrite the finite element center of gravity of the body. Indicates that the center of gravity is to follow.

X, Y, Z

Location of the center of gravity.

(Real)

G

Grid point identification number to optionally supply X, Y, and Z.

(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, RBE3, RBAR or RROD element or grid point can only belong to one rigid or flexible body.
4.All property definitions, elements and grid points defined on a PRBODY bulk data entry form one rigid body. The mass and inertia properties are defined by the finite element and mass properties unless they are overwritten by the mass and inertia properties given on the continuation lines.
5.The mass, inertia and center of gravity input is optional, if element/property information is provided in the PRBODY definition.
6.If one of MASS, INERTIA or COG continuations is provided, all three continuations must be provided.
7.If just the principal inertia is specified, IXX, IYY, and IZZ must be positive non-zero values and they must satisfy the condition: the sum of two inertia values must be greater than the third (IXX + IYY > IZZ, IYY+IZZ > IXX, IZZ+IXX > IYY).
8.This card is represented as a group in HyperMesh.

See Also:

Bulk Data Section

Guidelines for Bulk Data Entries

Bulk Data Entries by Function

The Input File