{"id":31734,"date":"2018-11-24T00:44:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T00:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/applied-load-analysis-using-static-structural-analysis\/"},"modified":"2018-11-24T00:44:47","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T00:44:47","slug":"applied-load-analysis-using-static-structural-analysis","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/applied-load-analysis-using-static-structural-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Applied load analysis using Static Structural Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m trying to simulate the deformation due to two distributed loads on a structure. The two loads, indicated B and C, are the same value at -1.7lbf\/in in the y component, modeled using line pressure. A is a fixed support.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/9ea83d47-dcc7-4cfc-94b1-a9a10188ffdd\/503940dc-4c0a-4e94-9bfc-a9a1018ab6c4_ansys-prototype.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>My current problem is that while a fixed support allows the simulation to work, I want that face to be able to deform, which making it a fixed support prevents. I am unsure as to what other support I should use. I&#8217;ve tried elastic support along the same face with an arbitrary foundation stiffness, but I received an error saying:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Solver pivot warnings or errors have been encountered during the solution.&nbsp; This is usually a result of an ill conditioned matrix possibly due to unreasonable material properties, an under constrained model, or contact related issues.&nbsp; Check results carefully.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day I&#8217;m just trying to observe the deformation on the structure as a whole due to an applied load along the tops of the two cylinders. Any recommendations as to where to go from here would be greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-31734","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["3906"],"_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":["572"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["31734"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","160631"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["70361"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["70361"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2018-11-24 04:15:15"]},"test":"tkennedy97"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/31734","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\/31734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}