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How to include effects of gravity load in Modal Analysis

    • StudenteAnsys
      Subscriber

      Hello everyone, I'm trying to compute the effects of gravity load on the frequencies of my system.

      My system is a beam with a fix-end and free-end, where I placed a mass rigidly connected to the beam.

      Through Modal Analysis I managed to obtain the frequency of the system neglecting the presence of gravitational acceleration, but for my purpose I need to include this effect in my results and obtain the response spectrum of my system.

      Can anyone help me?

    • Erik Kostson
      Ansys Employee

       

       

       

      Hi

      What you have (mass and gravity load) will cause a pre-stress (compressive load/stress will lower beam frequency for its bending modes) – see here for some theory details – the effect is called stress softening or stiffening (if tensile load /stress is applied to beam say)


      https://innovationspace.ansys.com/courses/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/10/Lesson4_ApplicationsOfLargeDeformation.pdf

      This can be captured with a pre-stress modal – see here in our course for more details.

      https://innovationspace.ansys.com/courses/courses/modal-analysis-in-ansys-mechanical/lessons/how-to-perform-prestressed-modal-analysis-lesson-2-2/

      Also look through the rest of the courses (response spectrum)

      https://innovationspace.ansys.com/product/modal-analysis-in-ansys-mechanical/

      https://innovationspace.ansys.com/courses/courses/single-point-response-spectrum-analysis-using-ansys-mechanical/lessons/how-to-perform-response-spectrum-analysis-lesson-1/

      Seacrh for more courses there.

      You can perhaps combine results later (so add gravity with SRSS response spectrum results say) - look on solution combination.

      All the best and good luck with your studies

      Erik

       

       

       

       

      • StudenteAnsys
        Subscriber

        Thank you very much Erik!

         

         

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