{"id":36293,"date":"2019-07-01T20:54:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T20:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/fixed-support-vs-displacement\/"},"modified":"2019-07-01T20:54:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T20:54:05","slug":"fixed-support-vs-displacement","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/fixed-support-vs-displacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixed support vs Displacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m new to Ansys mechanical and I couldn&#8217;t find a clear explanation on the internet about the types of support in Static structural.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I am confused about the different kinds of support: what is a fixed support versus a 0 displacement? What are the assumptions in each cases. Is it possible to have access to the equations underlying these constraints?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I tried to simulate a tensile test and see what difference it would give using a fixed support or a 0 displacement at the face normal to the load (on the other end) but Ansys does not run in the 0 displacement case&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/635b8352-81f2-4daf-bb2f-aa7d01546cc2\/727166bb-036c-4da7-b980-aa7d0157a982_oo.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Also what would be the consequences of adding both symmetry and 0 displacement on the same face?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Thanks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-36293","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["8465"],"_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"],"_btv_view_count":["13259"],"_bbp_subscription":["241118"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["36293"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","166454","166752"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["92841"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["92841"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2019-08-23 14:49:11"]},"test":"niss"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/36293","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\/36293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}