{"id":286751,"date":"2023-06-01T15:30:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T15:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/extracting-beam-forces-in-random-vibration\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T15:01:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T15:01:11","slug":"extracting-beam-forces-in-random-vibration","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/extracting-beam-forces-in-random-vibration\/","title":{"rendered":"Extracting beam forces in random vibration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m running a random vibration analysis, and modelling my bolts as beam elements. I need to extract the beams forces (preferably in the beam coordinate systems so I can split out axial and shear forces). There doesn&#8217;t seem to be an out-of-the-box way to do this. Does anyone have any insight on how I might get this done?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I found this resource that allows me to extract beam forces in eather globa coordinates, or just the axial force in beam coordinates (I also need the shear).<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/simutechgroup.com\/retrieve-beam-reaction-forces-in-random-vibration-analysis\/<\/p>\n<p>Is there a better approach than this? I&#8217;m transitioning to Ansys from an NX\/NASTRAN background and I&#8217;m a bit shocked there&#8217;s no native way to extract nodal or element forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-286751","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-Modal_Analysis-1","topic-tag-random-vibration"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_oembed_37aa545bfe75bc923acc7fbd1089959a":["{{unknown}}"],"_bbp_subscription":["26042","200"],"_bbp_author_ip":["96.7.74.151"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["2754"],"_edit_lock":["1685718043:208581"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_oembed_0ad064be2e0b27a3f127984a11275a29":["{{unknown}}"],"_bbp_topic_id":["286751"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["200","26042"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["6"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["287212"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["287212"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-06-05 17:43:33"]},"test":"brian-keatswyvern-space"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/286751","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\/286751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}