Concha - Shell Analysis with Rhino3d

[wim (Wim Dekeyser)]

@Juergen

Not yet, but we plan to provide an introductory video soon.

Looking forward!
I had a quick shot trying to apply it on this problem but it looks like I need more time than what I have at the moment to figure it out

OT - bending analysis

Wonder if anyone can tell me offhand which of the two steel structures will be more rigid with a vertical force applied in the middle… Either a simple tube 42mm in diameter with 2mm wall thickness, or a 3 level welded structure of flat steel bars 40mm x 8mm, 224mm in depth. Both are fixed to the side walls only. My feeling is that the flat bar structure will not flex more than the tubes due to the rigid welded joints, but maybe I’m completely confused… [image] Bending.3dm (234.7 KB) Is th…