{"id":39924,"date":"2020-01-03T15:02:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T15:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/creating-multiple-static-load-steps-in-apdl-editor-loading-unloading-simulation\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T14:40:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T14:40:49","slug":"creating-multiple-static-load-steps-in-apdl-loading-unloading-simulation","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/creating-multiple-static-load-steps-in-apdl-loading-unloading-simulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Multiple Static Load Steps in APDL Editor (Loading &#038; Unloading Simulation)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 15px; overflow-x: hidden; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; background-color: transparent; min-height: 0px;\">Hello,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 15px; overflow-x: hidden; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; background-color: transparent; min-height: 0px;\">I&#8217;m attempting to run a static analysis of a loading &amp; unloading cycle to model an indentation process using Mechanical APDL. Currently, I&#8217;ve been able to successfully complete the loading portion, but I am having trouble adding the second load-step for the unloading. Below is a sample of the BC &amp; solution part of my code:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/5698b0c5-e005-45bf-a0e5-a986012a4d68\/c97641d1-ab75-4c11-b9b9-ab3700f74d89_screenshot.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Here, the BC_S1\/S2 are node sets and INDIS is my indentation displacement.&nbsp;<span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\">I&#8217;m attempting to start the &#8220;unloading&#8221; load-step from the final deformed configuration of the &#8220;loading&#8221; load-step. I tried to simply copy the commands for the &#8220;loading&#8221; step and replace &#8220;INDIS&#8221; with 0 in the applied displacement line, but was unsuccessful with this attempt. Does anyone know how I can amend my input file to incorporate this unloading step within the APDL editor? I would really appreciate any suggestions!&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 15px; overflow-x: hidden; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; background-color: transparent; min-height: 0px;\">Best regards,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 15px; overflow-x: hidden; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; background-color: transparent; min-height: 0px;\">Eoghan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-39924","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello, I&#039;m attempting to run a static analysis of a loading &amp; unloading cycle to model an indentation process using Mechanical APDL. 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