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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation General Mechanical User-defined maximum number of Loadsteps in Modal analysis Reply To: User-defined maximum number of Loadsteps in Modal analysis

dlooman
Ansys Employee

Yes, you answered your own question!  For a 1/16th sector there are 9 harmonic indices, 0 to 8.  Each of these are solved separately producing the 9 load steps you see.  We don't have a load step 0, so as you say, they are numbered 1 to 9.

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