{"id":160257,"date":"2022-09-26T10:15:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T10:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/faq-discovery-refine-how-to-capture-large-deformations-in-structural-simulation\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T06:33:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T06:33:40","slug":"faq-discovery-refine-how-to-capture-large-deformations-in-structural-simulation","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/faq-discovery-refine-how-to-capture-large-deformations-in-structural-simulation\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ Discovery Refine: How to capture Large Deformations in structural simulation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"topic__title\" class=\"topic__title\"  id=\"FAQ-DISCOVERY-REFINE-HOW-TO-CAPTURE-LARGE-DEFORMATIONS-IN-STRUCTURAL-SIMULATION\">FAQ Discovery Refine: How to capture Large Deformations in structural simulation?<\/h1>\n<p>Discovery\u00a0will automatically determine\u00a0the structural\u00a0modeling method for you based on the physics inputs by default. You can explicitly set the modeling method by going to\u00a0<strong>Simulation Options<\/strong>\u00a0in the ribbon of the\u00a0Simulation\u00a0tab and make modifications under\u00a0<strong>Additional Structural Options (Refine)<\/strong>. This option only affects solutions when in the\u00a0Refine\u00a0stage.<\/p>\n<p>Select\u00a0<strong>Specify modeling method<\/strong>\u00a0to override the method set by\u00a0Discovery. Choose between forcing the modeling method to be\u00a0<strong>Non-linear<\/strong>, in which case\u00a0large deformations will be captured.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-155156\" src=\"\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/OK-10-1.jpg\" alt=\" width=\"572\" height=\"302\" \/><\/p>\n<p>or forcing the method to be\u00a0Linear, in which case\u00a0sliding contact\u00a0will be idealized and large deformation will not be included.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-155157\" src=\"\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/OK-10-2.jpg\" alt=\" width=\"566\" height=\"272\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-160257","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-analyze-faq","topic-tag-ansys-discovery","topic-tag-faq","topic-tag-structures"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["09-15-2022  20:20:03"],"_bbp_forum_id":["159543"],"_btv_view_count":["947"],"family":["Discovery Products"],"application_name":["Discovery"],"product_version":["2021R2"]},"test":"articlesansys-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/160257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/160257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}