Applying a distributed load over a cylindrical face

- January 14, 2019 at 12:46 am
  
  tkennedy97
  Subscriber
  
  I'm currently trying to apply a line pressure load over the top face, or at least the top edge, of a cylinder. My current problem is that I am unable to apply this. I've attempted to use a named selection, but it appears that a face isn't even an option for line pressure. See the picture for reference.
  
  Currently I've resorted to just selecting a small edge on the extruded face of the cylinder to get a rough approximation. The end goal is to apply a distributed load over the top face of each of the cylinders. I believe that line pressure is the incorrect tool, but I am unsure as to what would be the correct one. Thanks.
- January 14, 2019 at 1:11 am
  
  Sandeep Medikonda
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hi Kennedy,
  
  Please see this discussion that deals with a similar problem.
  
  Regards,
  Sandeep
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- April 11, 2022 at 11:13 am
  
  User9
  Subscriber
  
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  Hi Keneddy
  I was also facing same problem. What I figured out is to split your cylindrical body by plane ( in your case plane parallel to screen ,not exactly parallel) so that a line is created after splitting body. thereafter you can apply line pressure on that line. Hope it helps.
  
  Regards
  anuj
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