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[shravan.bharadwaj7]

In modal analysis, when should we use point mass or Distributed mass?nI have seen that when I use distributed mass the solver solves faster than when using point mass.n

[Aniket Chavan]

Distributed Mass https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/Secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v201/en/wb_sim/ds_distributed_mass.htmlnYou can use this feature to distribute additional mass across the faces or edges of the flexible parts in your model. Using this feature, you can idealize the inertial effects from the bodies/entities that are evenly spread across the surfaces of your model, for example, mass contribution from paint, external equipment, a large number of small objects spaced evenly across the surfaces, etc.nPoint Mass https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/Secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v201/en/wb_sim/ds_point_mass.htmlnYou can idealize the inertial effects from a body using a Point Mass. Applications include applying a force with an acceleration or any other inertial load; or adding inertial mass to a structure, which affects modal and harmonic solutions.n-AniketnHow to access Ansys help linksnGuidelines for Posting on Ansys Learning Forumn

[shravan.bharadwaj7]

Thanksn