Adding local rotational degrees of freedom to ANC beams

摘要

This work shows a simple finite element formulation that enables to impose concentrated moments and rotations to ANC beams which are finite elements that lack rotational degrees of freedom. The idea is based on an specific constraint that expresses in a simple form the relation between the deformation of the beam and the rotation of any of its sections. By controlling this sectional rotation, moments and angles can be easily imposed on any model.