Hello everybody,

I have an issue regarding a kinetic connection. When I am using a distributing connection, I obtain quite good results compared to the ones I found in Ansys (location of plastic strain but also values) except on the area of the connection which is OK because I used a distributing and not a kinetic one. But when I switch to a kinematic coupling, not only I get the warning : " Whenever a translation (rotation) DOF at a node is constrained by a kinematic coupling definition the translation (rotation) DOFS for that node cannot be included in any other constraint including MPCS, Rigid Body, ETC...", my results are good in the area of the connection but elsewhere it is not good like if the connection "blocked" the good calculation in other areas. My problem is that except of the coupling connection, I do not have any other connection in my model and, I did not put any rigid body or clamp or anything to the modes involved in the kinetic coupling like the message suggested it.

Do anybody already had that issue and solved it?

Thanks