I want to make two parts in abaqus that are on each other like two different cubic boxes. Think these two parts are linked in a way that when one box is rotating around a point (point not on the center of the cube) the second box is translating with the first box. This means the first box is rotating and the angles of the part with respect to the global coordinate system is changing however the second box angles are not changing with respect to the global system and is just translating according to it. I want to apply this by connectors but if you think of any other way please let me know.
Many thanks in advance.
I think you have to define a two coordinate systems for two boxes. When your giving the boundary condition call the coordinate systems. As you told the first box rotating, the boundary condition is Angular velocity with call the first box CS and for the second body take is displacement in the direction with the second box CS.
After create the bodies or boxes, you need to know the contact point for each body...then choose the boundary condition for one fixed and one box rotations (free) in specific direction with coordinate system...after that give them loads
You can use an equation constraint to link degrees of freedom of each part.
Dear Ramzi Askri,
The issue with the that linking is that I cannot activate and deactivate it in different steps. Since I have more steps before this one, I do not know how can I deactivate that type of constraint in those. Do you any way for deactivating the MPC type of constraint?
Hakim S. sultan, There is no contact point I am trying to link any node by 2D wire connectors.
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