Shell-beam joints

Grasshopper Karamba3D
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Hi all,

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Shell-beam joints.gh (37.0 KB)

Is it possible to add a joint between a shell and beam element using Beam-Joint-Agent such that the beam element remains continuous?

Simple definition attached.

Thanks,
James

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Hi @James_Whiteley,
using rotational instead of translational joints leads to continuous displacements in the beams (see here
Shell-beam joints_cp.gh (33.0 KB)).

The results may be mesh-dependent though since the point-wise joints lead to stress singularities in the shell.

– Clemens

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