About applying force in ANSYS Workbench !

- May 2, 2021 at 2:46 am
  
  Van Toan Nguyen
  Subscriber
  
  Hello everyone,
  I have a solid bar fixed at both ends. A force of 10N is aplied on the small area at the middle of the bar (green area as shown in the picture below). Is it the same if I use "force" on "green face" and " node force" on "nodes inside area"? The value of 10N is summation of all equal small force on each element face/ node, isn't it?
  If I set 10 substeps/ 1step does it mean the force is applied gradually 1, 2, 3 N and so on? And if 1st substep is converged, can I use this result as in another case with F=1N?
  Thank you so much!
- May 3, 2021 at 10:47 am
  
  1shan
  Ansys Employee
  
  Yes, the 2 methods of applying forces should give similar results (keep the option "divide load by nodes" to yes). The load will be linearly ramped in increments according to the time step/sub steps and you can use the results at a particular sub step for other analysis.
  
  Regards Ishan.