{"id":396163,"date":"2024-12-03T20:18:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T20:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/workbench-msup-vs-full-transient-analysis-mismatch-in-accel\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T20:18:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T20:18:42","slug":"workbench-msup-vs-full-transient-analysis-mismatch-in-accel","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/workbench-msup-vs-full-transient-analysis-mismatch-in-accel\/","title":{"rendered":"Workbench &#8211; MSUP vs Full Transient Analysis &#8211; Mismatch in Accel."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;color: #000000;&#8221;&gt;Hi everyone!&nbsp;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;color: #000000;&#8221;&gt;I&rsquo;m currently working on a simulation in ANSYS Workbench, where I am comparing results from an Undamped Modal Superposition (MSUP) analysis to an Undamped Full Transient Analysis. The deformation results from both analyses match well, While the deformation results from both analyses match closely, I&rsquo;m encountering a significant difference in the magnitude of acceleration. The Full Transient Analysis yields acceleration values that are much higher in order of magnitude compared to the MSUP results, as shown below,&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;color: #000000;&#8221;&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/03-12-2024-1733256925-Comparison.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;color: #000000;&#8221;&gt;Has anyone encountered a similar issue or could offer any insights on potential causes for this?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&rsquo;ve checked the setup of both analyses and the initial conditions, &amp; Theoretically, the acceleration should also match, but I am still unsure about what might be leading to this difference in magnitude.&nbsp;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;color: #000000;&#8221;&gt;Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!&lt;br&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;color: #000000;&#8221;&gt;Thanks!&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;color: #000000;&#8221;&gt;Kanishka&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-396163","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-workbench","topic-tag-transient"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi everyone! 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