Kinematic Driver boundary condition

Use the Kinematic Driver boundary condition to apply displacement, rotation, force, or torque to your kinematic joints, as follows:

• For inline, cylindrical, or slider-universal joints, you can apply displacement or force.

• For revolute or cylindrical joints, you can apply rotation or torque.

You can add the Kinematic Driver at the solution level or to Nonlinear Dynamics and Nonlinear Statics subcases.

Requesting output

To request output, create a structural output request for a Joint Result, and select the CJOINT elements for which you want output. You can select force vector and moment vector output, and you can select displacement, angle, velocity, and angular velocity between the kinematic joint nodes.

Where do I find it?

Kinematic Driver boundary condition

Application	Pre/Post
Prerequisite	Simulation file as the work part and displayed partSimcenter Nastran as the specified solverStructural as the specified analysis typeSOL 402 Multi-Step Nonlinear Kinematics as the specified solution type
Command Finder	Kinematic Driver
Simulation Navigator	Right-click Load Container→New Load→Kinematic Driver

Requesting output

Application	Pre/Post
Prerequisite	Simcenter Nastran as the specified solverStructural as the specified analysis typeSOL 402 Multi-Step Nonlinear Kinematics as the specified solution type
Command Finder	Modeling Object
Location in dialog box	Modeling Objects Manager dialog box→Type list→Structural Output Requests→Create→Joint Result page→Enable JRESULTS Request

How do I

Add joints to your kinematics model using universal connections

Create a flexible slider joint

Create and assign control nodes

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SOL 402 structural analysis with kinematics

1D connection elements for kinematic joints

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Flexible slider joint

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