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How to use tension only/compression only elements in Workbench?

Tagged: 19.2, General, mechanical, modeling-and-meshing, Nonlinear mechanics, structural-dynamics, structural-mechanics
    • January 25, 2023 at 7:34 am
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      The Compression Only/Ttension Only spring is beta feature in ANSYS WB 19.2 . To use ANSYS beta version, go to Tools>Options>Appearance and check the “Beta options” box. To insert a spring, right click on the connections group, choose insert, and then select “spring”. In the details view for the inserted spring, under “Spring Behavior”, you can find the options “Tension only (beta)”, “Compression only (beta)” or “Both”. PS. Use the Beta Options with caution.

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