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# Either use the toolbar button {{Button|[[Image:FEM_ConstraintSpring.svg|16px]] [[FEM_ConstraintSpring|Spring]]}} or the menu {{MenuCommand|Model → Mechanical boundary conditions and loads → [[Image:FEM_ConstraintSpring.svg|16px]] Spring}}.
# Either use the toolbar button {{Button|[[Image:FEM_ConstraintSpring.svg|16px]] [[FEM_ConstraintSpring|Spring]]}} or the menu {{MenuCommand|Model → Mechanical boundary conditions and loads → [[Image:FEM_ConstraintSpring.svg|16px]] Spring}}.
# In the [[3D_view|3D view]] select the objects the constraint should be applied to, which have to be faces.
# In the [[3D_view|3D view]] select the faces to which the constraint should be applied.
# Specify the normal or tangential stiffness (in N/m) and select which one Elmer should use.





Revision as of 17:29, 12 November 2023

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FEM ConstraintSpring

Menu location
Model → Mechanical boundary conditions and loads → Spring
Workbenches
FEM
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
0.20
See also
None

Description

Defines a spring boundary condition to be used for mechanical analyses using the Elmer solver.

introduced in version 0.21: The spring constraint can be used for the equations Deformation and Elasticity.

Usage

  1. Either use the toolbar button Spring or the menu Model → Mechanical boundary conditions and loads → Spring.
  2. In the 3D view select the faces to which the constraint should be applied.
  3. Specify the normal or tangential stiffness (in N/m) and select which one Elmer should use.