how to apply pressures to the surfaces with specific directions in static ANSYS APDL environment.

- August 18, 2021 at 2:47 am
  
  TYUST10086
  Subscriber
  
  how to apply pressures to the surfaces with specific directions in static ANSYS APDL environment,such as in the Y derection.
- August 20, 2021 at 8:56 am
  
  Emperor
  Subscriber
- August 20, 2021 at 1:31 pm
  
  Ashish Khemka
  Forum Moderator
  
  Try using the SFE command:
  
  SFE (ansys.com)
  
  This is what Mechanical does (only a small portion of the input file is shown here) to apply pressure of 1MPa at a face in X, Y and Z directions:
  
  esel,s,type,,2
  nsle
  sfe,all,1,pres,1,1.
  sfe,all,2,pres,1,1.
  sfe,all,3,pres,1,1.
  nsel,all
  esel,all
  
  Regards Ashish Khemka
- August 20, 2021 at 2:05 pm
  
  dlooman
  Ansys Employee
  
  Surface effect elements are required. See the description of Face 5 for surf154.