{"id":449474,"date":"2025-12-31T17:30:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/applying-a-spatial-load-perpendicular-to-the-beam-axis\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T17:30:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:30:43","slug":"applying-a-spatial-load-perpendicular-to-the-beam-axis","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/applying-a-spatial-load-perpendicular-to-the-beam-axis\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying a spatial load perpendicular to the beam axis"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&lt;p&gt;In ANSYS Mechanical, I want to apply a spatially varying load on a beam, but the load should act <strong>perpendicular to the beam&rsquo;s axis<\/strong>.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to the ANSYS Help documentation, spatial loads can only be applied using the&nbsp;<em>tangential option<\/em>. However, when I try this, the force is applied along the axis of the beam instead of perpendicular to it. <strong>Is there a way to correctly apply a spatial load perpendicular to the beam axis?<\/strong> If so, what is the recommended workflow?&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&lt;div&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/div&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-449474","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["233431"],"_bbp_topic_id":["449474"],"_bbp_author_ip":["2409:40d1:244f:59d7:f895:4ffa:d3e5:2fff"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["0"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["449474"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-12-31 17:30:43"],"_bbp_reply_count":["0"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["1"],"_bbp_engagement":["635648"],"_btv_view_count":["111"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_notification_enabled":["635648"]},"test":"eleen7527gmail-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/449474","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\/449474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}