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Is the rib element on a surface edge automatically independent of the surface if the eccentricity is large enough?

April 26, 2017automatically eccentricity element independent large rib

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Is the rib element on a surface edge automatically independent of the surface if the eccentricity is large enough?

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The rib element on an edge is never independent of the surface. It is always assumed that the rib and the surface edge has the same deformed shape. If you want to create an independent rib which does not follow the edge deformation use a beam attached to two surface corners by rigid elements.