Why am I getting different stresses at the connection points when I support
a mass with RBE3 and MPC based contact?


Unless weighting factors are specified, RBE3 distributes forces equally between
all the nodes. In a mesh with higher order elements the mid-side nodes should be
weighted higher. MPC contact distributes the forces according to the underlying stiffness
and is therefore much more accurate.





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