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Moving load in mecanical

- August 13, 2024 at 9:03 am
  
  TAOUFIK
  Subscriber
  
  Hi
  I need to define a moving load on a bridge (10KN ) and i don't know how to do that using workbench or APDL
  the bridge has 2240 nodes
  could any one help please
- August 13, 2024 at 11:59 am
  
  Akshay Maniyar
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hi,
  Please check the below knowledge material to model the moving load.
  How create a moving load in a transient analysis Mechanical (dependent of Time and Y direction)? - Ansys Knowledge
  Thanks,
  Akshay Maniyar
- August 27, 2024 at 10:40 pm
  
  TAOUFIK
  Subscriber
  
  Thanks for your reply
  In this example, is it necessary to choose a number of supsteps more than 1 (since the load is defined as a function)?
  Regards
- August 28, 2024 at 9:53 am
  
  Akshay Maniyar
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hi,
  Substeps are required for various time values so that you get load values for different timesteps. Load function depends on time.
  Thanks,
  Akshay Maniyar
- August 29, 2024 at 11:44 am
  
  TAOUFIK
  Subscriber
  
  Hi Akshay
  Please, how could we choose the number of substeps ?
  Another question, i aim to define a load depending on x, y and time, how could i do it ?
  thanks very much

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