Recent content by gogza

Thanks rayjohn01, Exactly what I want to do! (Oops, perhaps I should have mentioned that, sorry!) The question is how do I simulate this? I'm trying to work out how a single link will move after considering the external force applied to it (this only affects one link) and the internal...

Some Clarification Thanks rayjohn01/Lore Booda for your replies, :smile: Having looked into "cantenary" problem, I don't think it covers what I'm looking for. Perhaps I've not explained myself properly. I'll have another go. OK we've got our frictionless chain again and this time its...

Folks, Imagine a chain, floating in a frictionless, weightless environment. Just like this: -------------------- where every "-" is link. If a force acts on just one link of the chain "Link0", causing it to buckle like this (and the force continues to act) ...