{"id":346805,"date":"2024-01-26T16:17:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T16:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-define-self-weight-of-a-structural-body-in-static-study\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T16:17:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T16:17:45","slug":"how-to-define-self-weight-of-a-structural-body-in-static-study","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-define-self-weight-of-a-structural-body-in-static-study\/","title":{"rendered":"How to define self-weight of a structural body in static study?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>I know that bodies are assigned a material in Mechanical workbench with the default as Structural Steel, but I created my own material and assigned it to the structural Body.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My question here is does Ansys consider the density of the material with regards to the design and size of the body and assigns a certain weight to it by default? If so can I manually assign a weight to the body, for example I want my structural body to be made of Aluminum alloy material and It should have a weight of around 250lbs how can I add that weight to the body (considering this as a static structural analysis) and Is it mandotary to always add a weight to the structure no matter what analysis you are doing?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-346805","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-material"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello,I know that bodies are assigned a material in Mechanical workbench with the default as Structural Steel, but I created my own material and assigned it to the structural Body. 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