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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation General Mechanical Multiple Static Load Steps in APDL Editor Reply To: Multiple Static Load Steps in APDL Editor

Govindan Nagappan
Ansys Employee
You are solving for time=2 without changing the load. So the load stays at 0.5
Instead, for load step2, set time to 3
define your load and solve
!load step2
time,3
DCUM,....

Or consider defining a table to apply the load