{"id":293715,"date":"2023-07-18T21:19:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T21:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/measure-compression-elongation-of-a-line\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T21:19:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T21:19:53","slug":"measure-compression-elongation-of-a-line","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/measure-compression-elongation-of-a-line\/","title":{"rendered":"measure compression\/elongation of a line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I simplified the problem down to its core issue to make it easier to describe. Basically, I want to know how the length of a predefined line changes when I apply a load. In this case I used one of the edges that should be slightly compressed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/18-07-2023-1689714690-mceclip0.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>My first instinct was to ask for the total deformation along a path and use the maximum value but I&#8217;m unsure if that gives me the actual length difference of the path and not just the distance I marked in the picture below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/18-07-2023-1689714783-mceclip1.jpg\" width=\"307\" height=\"240\"><\/p>\n<p>Is there a nice way to measure the compression\/elongation of a line?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-293715","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["289660","240"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.223.149.206"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["672"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["293715"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","289660"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["4"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["294403"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["294403"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-07-23 12:42:35"]},"test":"leopold-schnhotmail-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/293715","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\/293715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}