Creating Kinematic Constraints Between Parts Using Ansys Mechanical - Lesson 5

Contacts are generally used to define the relationships between parts in an assembly, although in some instances they are computationally expensive and inefficient. Alternatively, in appropriate places, spring, beam, and joint connections can be used to solve model simulations more rapidly and effectively while utilizing fewer computational resources. This video shows when and how to employ these kinematic constraints using Ansys Mechanical.
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0:00 - Introduction
2:16 - Using Remote points for scoping the connections
3:55 - Defining a spring connection in Ansys Mechanical
5:10 - Using spring probe for evaluating results in Ansys Mechanical
7:07 - Defining a beam connection in Ansys Mechanical
8:05 - Using beam probe for evaluating results in Ansys Mechanical
8:50 - Defining a joint connection in Ansys Mechanical
12:47 - Demonstrating how to define symmetry in Ansys Mechanical
13:38 - Demonstrating how to create a spring connection in Ansys Mechanical
15:20 - Demonstrating how to create a bushing joint in Ansys Mechanical
19:00 - Drag and drop the joint and spring connections into the solution tree for evaluating the results

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This video is part of the free Ansys Innovation Course, "Connecting Parts Together Using Ansys Mechanical". Access all the course contents, including additional lessons, handouts, simulation examples with starting files, homework problems, and quizzes here: courses.ansys.com/index.php/courses/connecting-parts-together/.

[@alexandermalchikov948]

Thanks for the video. Very helpful and interesting!

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[@nkosanakhoza7516]

Great video

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[@kannansaravanan47]

Vry helpful video

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[@ayomasukaja]

as a bridge engineer, this is what i looking for

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[@hariacharya4236]

Bearing connection is also included in the the new versions. Could you please explain that?

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[@drury2d8]

What's the difference between joint and pin constraint?

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[@assepa]

"This video shows how to set up curvature local sizing in the Add Local Sizing task using Ansys Fluent Meshing Watertight Geometry Workflow. " Ehm... copy-paste mistake?

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[@hadiakbari740]

There was no one else to narrate the text so we could understand what was actually said?! So frustrating!

[@simona8914]

Borderline offensive... she sounded just fine...

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