Thanks for resolving my confusion. However, this brings me to another question. Can I apply remote displacement instead of displacement while having the same boundary conditions? Because I am exploring if I can recreate a work by Chaudharri and Katti (2016) which looks like the diagram below:
where the supporting I beams were offset 100m from the side edges. I am exploring if I can obtain the same result without actually model a solid I beam below the flat plate but only applying boundary condition in Ansys mechanical. So currently my idea is to use remote displacement and set the location 100m from the 4 edges but the support does not work as I expected. Is this method not workable? Or do I need more modification on my work?
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