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SubDyn issue when rigid links are connected to interface and cable
Bug description Loads and displacements are wrong when rigid links are connected between the interface node and nodes that have cables.
To Reproduce Use this test case. https://github.com/OpenFAST/r-test/main/f/SD-Loads/modules/subdyn/SD_Rigid2Interf_Cables
Expected behavior IntfZss is 4.6e6N where a value of 2.23e7N would be expected.
OpenFAST Version Dev version as of October 2021. Bug present ever since the rigid link feature was introduced (around OF 2.6).
The test case references above that exposes the bug is now in the main branch at https://github.com/OpenFAST/r-test/tree/main/modules/subdyn/SD_Rigid2Interf_Cables
I do believe the problem is related to defining one beam at the interface joint and, at least, one rigid link to that same interface joint. For example: If I define a rigid link that is used to connect a lumped mass to the interface joint, such a mass is somehow not taken into account. Despite SubDyn reporting the expected mass and inertia in the summary file.