• Registered: 2020-09-10
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Topic: Support in one direction

Hello,

I am currently using ATENA v5.6.1 and I would like to support a beam in only the negative z-direction, but allow it to be free in the positive z-direction. What is the best way to go about doing this?

Thank you in advance!

m

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  • Registered: 2020-09-07
  • Posts: 48

Re: Support in one direction

Hello,
you can use the nonlinear spring
and in the direction which you need to fix use very big stiffness, in opposite very low

Regards,
Mohamad

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  • dpryl
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Re: Support in one direction

Dear m,
please see Troubleshooting, 2.2.16 How can I model a compression-only support with nonlinear springs?

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