{"id":30042,"date":"2018-08-14T12:20:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T12:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/apply-load-displacement-in-steps-till-a-certain-distance-is-met\/"},"modified":"2018-08-14T12:20:24","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T12:20:24","slug":"apply-load-displacement-in-steps-till-a-certain-distance-is-met","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/apply-load-displacement-in-steps-till-a-certain-distance-is-met\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply load\/displacement in steps till a certain distance is met"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my actual model [Fig 1], the load is applied (in substeps) at the edge in z-dir; the purpose is to make the pane fit the arched solid part [Fig 2] and check stresses. Since, i don&#8217;t know the exact necessary load for this, I wanted some help in implementing either of below:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li>apply load till the edge of the pane touches the arched mold, OR<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>apply displacement (it should be in steps as well) till two bodies touch (or to a certain small distance)<\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Any suggestions how to do it?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/f015da98-ab4c-4f6c-abca-a925013125bb\/c45e3331-aa64-41c9-aa43-a93c00c76956_1.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/f015da98-ab4c-4f6c-abca-a925013125bb\/0d3488a3-1398-48eb-9a20-a93c00c83678_2.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"2\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-30042","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["2211"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0","0","0","0","0"],"_btv_view_count":["5916"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["30042"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","897","157933"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["28"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["64638"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["64638"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2018-09-22 00:24:05"]},"test":"jonsys"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/30042","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\/30042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}