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
  Subscriber
  
  What is a non-conservative follower force?
- October 2, 2019 at 9:39 pm
  
  selman
  Subscriber
  
  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