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Moving load over steps in static structural mechanical

    • biomechanik-software
      Subscriber

      Hey guys,

       

      i am trying to model a Remote Force that is moving and varying in amount from step to step.

      Background is that I had an experiment where i loaded the part with a crosstable and the force application moved on that table.

       

      My problem is, that i can only define 1 position for the load over all steps.

      I can't vary the position of the remote force for every step.

       

      Can someone tell me how this is solved?

       

      Best regards,

      Mischa

    • Erik Kostson
      Ansys Employee

      Hi

      One way of doing this is as follows :

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMwYtQItt4c

      Another way is shown here:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeRuE9VAnaA

      Hope this helps

      Erik

      • biomechanik-software
        Subscriber

        Dear Erik,

         

        thank you very much for your reply.

        In both those videos the transient structural block was used.

        All i want to do is a static structural analysis where the load has a specific position for every step.

        For example:
        Step 1: [1 1 1]: force in z:25N

        Step 2: [1 2 1]: force in z:50N

        and so on.

        Best regards,

        Mischa

    • Erik Kostson
      Ansys Employee

      You can do exactly the same inside a static structural system.

      All the best

      Erik

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