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non-conservative follower force

    • October 2, 2019 at 8:00 am
      selman
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      How can I apply a non-conservative follower force on a beam  ! when I have been through the different types of forces , pressure...etc ,  it did occur to me that this option does not exist  ! 

    • October 2, 2019 at 9:12 pm
      peteroznewman
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      What is a non-conservative follower force?

    • October 2, 2019 at 9:39 pm
      selman
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      A non-conservative follower force is a force which keeps tracking the deformed shape of the beam (i.e) while bending .  it is a bit similar to pressure but not exactly !

    • October 12, 2019 at 11:32 pm
      peteroznewman
      Subscriber

      I stumbled onto this element in the ANSYS Help, the Follower Force.


      https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v194/ans_elem/Hlp_E_FOLLW201.html


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