The spline stiffness formulation interpolates a Force vs. Deflection table using
Akima’s cubic interpolation method. For values of deflection outside the supplied
range, the force is linearly extrapolated using the slope at the corresponding
end-point. For each direction employing the spline-stiffness formulation, you must
supply a Force vs. Deflection table in the property file. The force is calculated as
follows:
Where:
is the displacement of Body-I relative to Body-J in
the
direction after offset, scaling and coupling effects
have been considered.
is the force-deflection table specified in the
[SPLINE_STIFFNESS_xx] block in the .gbs file.