{"id":359258,"date":"2024-03-27T11:35:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T11:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/359258\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T11:35:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T11:35:29","slug":"359258","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/359258\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: Nodal acceleration from transient structural apdl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi Lawal,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The commnads look fine. Try plotting the acceleration as well.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To determine the contact forces, you can select the contact elements, followed by selecting the associated nodes and then extracting the nodal forces using the commands given below:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\/POST1&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;set,last&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ESEL,s,ename,,CONTA171&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;!select contact elements either by ename or type&lt;br&gt;NSLE,s&lt;br&gt;ESLN,s&lt;br&gt;NFORCE&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can also explore GUI options to track contact behavior in APDL.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/ansyshelp.ansys.com\/account\/secured?returnurl=\/Views\/Secured\/corp\/v241\/en\/ans_ctec\/Hlp_ctec_guiaids.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/ansyshelp.ansys.com\/account\/secured?returnurl=\/Views\/Secured\/corp\/v241\/en\/ans_ctec\/Hlp_ctec_guiaids.html<\/a>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-359258","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi Lawal,The commnads look fine. 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