{"id":42459,"date":"2020-04-05T18:13:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T18:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/varying-load-over-1-step-vs-multiple-steps\/"},"modified":"2020-04-05T18:13:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T18:13:22","slug":"varying-load-over-1-step-vs-multiple-steps","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/varying-load-over-1-step-vs-multiple-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Varying Load over 1 Step vs Multiple Steps."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In transient structural, what is the difference between applying a load that varies in its magnitude over 1 step vs multiple time steps (like 10 steps, for example)? Which method is considered more conventional? Please see the picture below for your reference. Both represent a simulation of 1 second.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/117107c8-1d60-4e40-b147-ab8601672ba6\/894f577d-6320-471a-92c0-ab940127f2b2_loadvsstep.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Also, I will be coupling this transient structural with fluid flow (Fluent). Would the &#8220;1 step method&#8221; or &#8220;multiple steps method&#8221; affect convergence during coupling?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much for your help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-42459","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["14639"],"_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":["1846"],"_bbp_subscription":["248862"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["42459"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","174652"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["8"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["110296"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["110296"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2020-04-06 12:38:10"]},"test":"nyurons"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/42459","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\/42459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}