August 6, 2024 at 6:49 pm
Ashish Khemka
Forum Moderator

Hi Erik,

Instead of imported initial stress (17.6.7.2.12. Imported Initial Stress (ansys.com)) try applying an imported temperature which can be applied till next step along with another thermal load (Imported Load (Group) (ansys.com)).

Regards,

Ashish Khemka