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Why are my reaction forces different when I use a reaction force scoped to an Edge and compare it to a path plot defined along the same edge?

Tagged: 19, General, mechanical, static, structural-and-thermal, structural-mechanics
    • March 17, 2023 at 9:00 am
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      The path plot has user defined “points”. You are getting a plot of what the force is at each discrete point on the path. The graph of this result is force vs distance along the path. One should not sum these numbers up. One cannot get the resultant force from the path plots. The reaction probe scoped to an edge is just giving you the minimum, maximum and average reaction force along the edge vs time. This probe should not be compared to the path plot which is different.

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