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October 27, 2023 at 4:05 pm
Jim Day
Ansys Employee
Rather than nodal loads, which may distribute loads in a less-than-ideal fashion, try using *LOAD_SEGMENT_SET_NONUNIFORM to apply the load as a traction (force per unit area) onto a set of segments.