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[qvly]

Hello everyone,

I am currently trying to simulate a Bipolar Plate (BP) that is experiencing 1-3 MPa of pressure on the top surface. This BP will push on the Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL) that it is connected at the bottom. I expected as I increase the pressure, the BP will move downward more and thus the thickness of the GDL will decrease. However, after trying different pressure values, the y value of the node stays the same. I even tried 100 MPa and still yielded the same result. I used probe to check the y location of the node. The first figure is 1MPa and the second is 3MPa. Yet the y locations are pretty much the same in both. Does anyone know what the problem could be?

Thank you in advance.

[peteroznewman]

Plot Directional Deformation and set it to the Y axis. Also, set the displacement scale factor to 1.0 (True Size) on the Result ribbon.

[qvly]

Hello Peter
Thank you so much for your help. The displacement scale factor was the reason why my node location was off. I have been stuck on this problem for so long and I finally fixed it. I really appreciate your help.