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Question about how to determine support radius..

Submitted by bahamute on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 13:21

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Hi, everyone.

I'm going to employ the meshfree method to analyze composite model.

But, I can't understand how to determine the support radius although I have read some references.

I will use the circular support domain.

Please explain how to determine the support radius.

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Submitted by mahmood seraji on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 09:56

Dear friends

I am modeling a
plate subjected to the vertical loading. the problem is, when the analysis goes
to the nonlinear part, the reactions in some nodes get negative value, while the
plate must be free to move upwards. so there must be no negative value
for reaction. i was wondering, if someone help me define the support in a way
that the plate would be free to move upward and constrain it for the downward
movwement.

Best Regards

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