Importing Body Force Density to Shell Bodies

- April 9, 2024 at 3:04 pm
  
  AR
  Subscriber
  
  Ansys does not allow to import Body Force Density load type to shell bodies. While it allowed to import Body Temperature to Shell Bodies, it showed the below error when importing Body Force Density - "Scoping to Sheets is not allowed for this load type".
  Is there a workaround?
- April 10, 2024 at 10:14 am
  
  Ashish Khemka
  Forum Moderator
  
  Hi,
  Shell is is a surface body. What if you select surface instead of the body?
  Regards,
  Ashish Khemka
- April 10, 2024 at 3:51 pm
  
  AR
  Subscriber
  
  There is no option to select surfaces because it is a body load (load/unit volume).
  Even though the shell is a surface body - it has a volume & mass etc. due to its thickness. So we should be able to apply body loads to it. For example, Ansys allows gravity/acceleration loads to be applied to shell bodies based on their elemental mass.
  Another scenario, is it possible to map the EM loads coming from Maxwell to the shell bodies? Basically, I am trying to do the same thing. Except that my EM loads are coming from an external solver as a point cloud.
- April 11, 2024 at 12:47 pm
  
  Ashish Khemka
  Forum Moderator
  
  Hi,
  You can map the loads using External Data module. Please see if the following link helps: External Data (ansys.com)
  Regards,
  Ashish Khemka
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