{"id":38910,"date":"2019-11-12T12:02:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T12:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/interpretation-of-results-in-ansys-workbench\/"},"modified":"2019-11-12T12:02:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T12:02:27","slug":"interpretation-of-results-in-ansys-workbench","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/interpretation-of-results-in-ansys-workbench\/","title":{"rendered":"Interpretation of Results in Ansys Workbench"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/7aaed9d3-3dce-4073-9665-ab0100aa1e2b\/b5184577-939a-4462-bfde-ab0300bddc4a_models-fixed.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"Analysis model with Boundary Condition fixed\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/7aaed9d3-3dce-4073-9665-ab0100aa1e2b\/8b1a2566-475d-442c-9b82-ab0300bdfa5a_models-force.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"Analysis model with Boundary Condition force on other face\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/7aaed9d3-3dce-4073-9665-ab0100aa1e2b\/d75d25fb-2d26-423f-a215-ab0300be41fe_models-preload.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"Analysis model with Boundary Condition Preload on the bolt \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/7aaed9d3-3dce-4073-9665-ab0100aa1e2b\/afe53a76-5b13-46ae-a3a0-ab0300be7043_force-convergence-plot.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"force convergence residual plot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/7aaed9d3-3dce-4073-9665-ab0100aa1e2b\/3f6e75ac-6c8e-4beb-bc78-ab0300be8864_displacement-convergence-plot.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"Displacement convergence residual plot\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The first three images depicts the model and its boundary conditions(B.C.)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li>model with fixed face B.C.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>model with Force applied on the other face<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>model with Preloaded bolt B.C<\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The next two images shows Convergence plots<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li>Force Convergence&nbsp;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Displacement Convergence<\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The analysis settings are<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li>Load steps=10<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>External force applied= 100 Newton<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Bolt Preload= 30 Newton<\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:&nbsp;<\/strong> The solution is converged<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Question 1<\/strong>: &#8220;How to read the force convergence plot?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>I do understand that its non-linear behavior so there is no exact solution, we should approximate with the values which gives residuals less than convergence, for this Newton Raphson method is used and it is done in iterations. But what i don&#8217;t get are<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li><em><strong>What is Force criterion?<\/strong>&nbsp; <\/em><\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><\/p>\n<p><em>Is it the external applied force?, if it is but i have applied 100 N as external force on the model, but it is showing near 1 N also each load steps it should increase and reach towards 100 right?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li><strong><em>What is Force convergence?&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><\/p>\n<p><em>Is it the internal forces in each step.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Question 2<\/strong>: &#8220;How to read the displacement&nbsp;convergence plot?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><\/p>\n<p>Same doubts as Force convergence plot<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Could anyone please help me with this !!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Thanks&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-38910","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["11089"],"_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"],"_btv_view_count":["3979"],"_bbp_subscription":["244765"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["38910"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","170385"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["4"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["98981"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["98981"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2019-11-22 18:32:28"]},"test":"skpb"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/38910","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\/38910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}