{"id":29852,"date":"2018-07-30T20:11:47","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T20:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/modal-analysis-of-small-plate\/"},"modified":"2018-07-30T20:11:47","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T20:11:47","slug":"modal-analysis-of-small-plate","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/modal-analysis-of-small-plate\/","title":{"rendered":"Modal Analysis of Small Plate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am trying to recreate a modal analysis test I did on a simple plate. the issue I am having is that I am not sure how to define the supports for the plate in ANSYS. The plate was placed on soft foam, so that it would not be in contact with any hard surface, but I do not know how to represent this in the ANSYS Modal simulation. I have included an image of the plate on the foam so it is clear what the testing setup was. 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