Reaction forces

- February 16, 2018 at 3:40 pm
  
  garias
  Subscriber
  
  How can I extract the reaction forces at the supports?
- February 16, 2018 at 7:39 pm
  
  Brian Bueno
  Ansys Employee
  
  Gabriel Click the Create Quick Calculation button indicated by the red arrow, then click "More" in the first small dialog box that appears. This opens the full control panel for calculations. 1. Specify the result you want to show 2. Choose the direction component for the force, or SUM to use X, Y, and Z 3. Choose which value you want to display (i.e. max, min, mean, etc) 4. Specify the entity to place the calculator on. For a fixed support you'd most likely want to use Face 5. Click Select 6. Click the desired face on the model
- February 22, 2018 at 11:36 am
  
  garias
  Subscriber
  
  Hi @BBueno Thanks for your replay and sorry for not getting back to you earlier. The reported value is quite confusing, I was expecting to see the full reaction not just the max force at one single point. My model is quite simple a block with a 1000N force along the X direction at the top and a fixed support at the bottom. I would like to evaluate the total reaction at the bottom support. I would expect a value of 1000N. I've tried different option like SUM, max, Integral, but the result does not make sense. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks again. Regards Gabriel
  - February 22, 2018 at 12:31 pm
    
    Andrew Stankovich
    Ansys Employee
    
    Gabriel Arias Local Reaction Forces will show the distribution of the reaction force on a support face. Reaction Resultant will show the total reaction force on a support face. I believe you are looking for the reaction resultant based on your description. See images below for more information.
  - February 22, 2018 at 12:45 pm
    
    garias
    Subscriber
    
    Andrew Stankovich
    
    Thanks Andrew,
    
    I got it, Thanks a lot