{"id":280200,"date":"2023-04-18T21:25:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T21:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/variable-distributed-force-on-cantilever-composite-beam\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T09:18:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T09:18:41","slug":"variable-distributed-force-on-cantilever-composite-beam","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/variable-distributed-force-on-cantilever-composite-beam\/","title":{"rendered":"Variable distributed force on cantilever composite beam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I have this cantilever beam that is a corecell sandwich composite struture<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/18-04-2023-1681852603-mceclip0.png\" width=\"965\" height=\"424\"><\/p>\n<p>And I want to apply a vertical force that change along the Z axis in a parabolic fashion like this (don&#8217;t mind the supports), on the top surface<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/18-04-2023-1681852766-mceclip1.png\"><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s chockingly very little documentation on how I could achive something so trivial in ANSYS Mechanical. I&#8217;m willing to use APDL (or the command snippet) but have no idea how to use my ACP model (since it&#8217;s composite) in the APDL.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Can someone please help me with that? I&#8217;m loosing my mind on this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-280200","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["282468","13640","283320","285496","295842","58821"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.56.168.214"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1356"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["280200"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["13640","58821","282468"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["5"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["3"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["311771"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["311771"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-10-17 09:18:06"]},"test":"pascal-berubeusherbrooke-ca"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/280200","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\/280200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}