Plate Attributes: Edge Release

Description

Assigns releases to selected edges of plate elements.

An edge release removes the rotational stiffness about the edge, resulting in a hinge connection.

Edge release attributes are independent of load and freedom cases.

Dialog

Common Controls

• Retrieve from model
• Keep selection
• Scale / Add / Delete / Apply

Notes

In Case A (below, left), two Quad elements (3 and 5) share a common node, and both elements are released. Therefore, the entire edge is fully released.

In Case B (below, right), three Tri elements (6, 7 and 10) share a common node but only two of them (6 and 10) are edge released. Due to the unreleased corner of element 7, the common node will have a non-zero rotational stiffness about the released axis, and hence it will carry a moment.

See Also

• Beam Attributes: Rotation End Release
• Beam Attributes: Translation End Release