Rigid Connections in ANSYS AQWA

- February 14, 2022 at 10:41 am
  
  jaevin10
  Subscriber
  
  Hi,
  I have 4 buoys that are rigidly connected together. I added joints between the structures and I'm greeted with warnings. How do I resolve these warnings?
  I read that in hydrodynamic response, joints must be added between structures before conducting the analysis.
- February 15, 2022 at 10:04 am
  
  Yu Bi
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hi, the warning is due to the looped constraints as a redundant constraint is defined in this model.The relevant discussions are given in Aqwa User's Manual 5.7.6.3 Closed Loops.If you are not interested in the joint reaction forces, the fourth joint is not needed.

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