{"id":168912,"date":"2022-04-26T20:35:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T20:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-calculate-foundation-stiffness-of-a-spring\/"},"modified":"2022-04-28T01:24:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T01:24:01","slug":"how-to-calculate-foundation-stiffness-of-a-spring","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-calculate-foundation-stiffness-of-a-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"How to calculate Foundation Stiffness of a spring?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Item-Body\">\n<div class=\"Message userContent\">\n<p>I am currently simulating a piezoelectric speed bump that generates electricity when a car drives over it. <\/p>\n<p>The surface is supported by springs. I defined these springs as Elastic support and i know their Stiffness in N\/mm. However, the foundation stiffness is in N\/mm^3. How can to convert the stiffness to foundation stiffness and is my method of support is correct?<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedExternal embedImage\">\n<div class=\"embedExternal-content\">\n<a class=\"embedImage-link\" href=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/732\/148X4E1WVVAX.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"embedImage-img\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/732\/148X4E1WVVAX.png\" alt=\"image.png\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-168912","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-mechanical","topic-tag-ansys-student","topic-tag-ansys-workbench","topic-tag-static-structural"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_btv_view_count":["705"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_bbp_subscription":["254565"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["168912"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["88","254565"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["213151"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["213151"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2022-04-28 01:24:01"]},"test":"17-0590student-gutech-edu-om"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/168912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/168912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}