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Navigate to Superstructure > Boundary Conditios > Bearing Fixity

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Select the first cell in the "Insertion Point" column, and then click on the "Pick" button in the resulting window.

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Choose the insertion points that will define the boundary conditions for the superstructure. For each location, specify the fixities or stiffness values based on the bearing types in the Tx, Ty, and Tz directions.

Select the insertion points for each bearing.

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Set Tx/Ty/Tz/Rx/Ry/Rz as in the figure. To determine the Tx and Ty stiffness values, compute them based on the stiffness of your bearing pad. In this example, a value of 10 is utilized.

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Set Transfer Force to Substructure as Yes for all bearing locations.

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titleQuick Tip

In this section, nodes are assigned degrees of freedom (DOFs). The coordinate system of each insertion point varies along the support line and alignment. Based on this updated coordinate system, new DOFs need to be allocated.

Tx/Ty/Tz/Rx/Ry/Rz fixities are shown below.

Bearing Rotation parameter rotates the support clockwise in the XY plane.

FE behaviour of Transfer Force to Substructure.

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