{"id":404273,"date":"2025-01-09T14:57:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T14:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/fea-testing-for-a-soft-adaptive-finger-help\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T14:57:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T14:57:35","slug":"fea-testing-for-a-soft-adaptive-finger-help","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/fea-testing-for-a-soft-adaptive-finger-help\/","title":{"rendered":"FEA Testing for a soft adaptive finger help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello, I am looking to test a design for a soft adaptive grippere finger for a university project.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In an article I read about using Ansys software to displace a rounded object into a finger to observe the force response, however using Ansys mechanical I can only figure out how to impose a force and get the displacement, which is ther opposite of what I need.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know to acheive this? Any responses would be much appreciated.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Attached is a image showin what I mean.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/09-01-2025-1736434626-1.PNG\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-404273","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-fea"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["404273"],"_bbp_subscription":["501465","436953","58821"],"_bbp_author_ip":["2001:630:301:600e:6863:356c:7394:f730"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["404294"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["404294"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-01-09 15:58:45"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_engagement":["501465","436953","58821"],"_btv_view_count":["125"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"nathanaelmorleyoutlook-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/404273","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\/404273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}