Does the MPC184 as a revolute joint contain mass?

- February 11, 2022 at 6:01 am
  
  Amirmkr
  Subscriber
  
  Hi
  When you connect two beam188 using an mpc184 as a revolute joint, is the joint massless or it has lumped mass? If it has mass how to determine it? if it is massless how to add a mass at the joint?
- February 11, 2022 at 4:35 pm
  
  Ashish Khemka
  Ansys Employee
  
  The revolute joint has no mass. If you want to attach a mass then please use point mass.
  
  Point Mass (ansys.com)
  
  Regards Ashish Khemka

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