Determining which Support to Use - Lesson 1

Supports are used to represent parts that are not present in the model but are interacting with it. Supports help truncate the domain, which helps in efficiently obtaining numerically accurate results without modeling parts of the geometry that are not of primary interest. There are different types of support available, among which is choosing the appropriate support. This is essential as it assures that the simulation model will properly represent the boundary condition. This video will help you to understand the different support types so you can determine which to use for different situations.



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Video Highlights

0:25 - Sources of variability in Analysis

1:33 - How Supports help to truncate the model

2:22 - Fixed Support

3:01 - Displacement Support

3:49 - Frictionless Support

4:31 - Cylindrical Support

6:01 - Compression Only Support

6:34 - Elastic Support

7:24 - Remote Displacement Support

8:17 - Where to Truncate the Domain

9:03 - How to find Reaction Force of Support

10:11 - Use of Frictionless Contact in Modelling

10:43 - How to use Boundary Condition and Symmetry to simplify the Model

11:46 - How to define Symmetry Region for Planar Geometry of Model

13:10 - Using Frictionless Support for the Problem

13:52 - Which options to use in the Result Tab to better see the Deformation Result

16:13 - Using Compression Only Support for the Problem

Simulation Files

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