{"id":165339,"date":"2023-03-17T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:31:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:31:04","slug":"why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does using Stabilization Damping Factor not give the the same force result if you are in US unit system or if you are in SI unit system?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you change the unit system of a first analysis which use the stabilize method the value of the energy is not changed. Before running the second analysis with the new unit system, you need to change the value of the energy manually in order to have the same results.  The following statement has been added at 15.0 to clairify this scenario:  When Damping is specified, a Damping Factor value needs to be entered. The damping factor is the value that the ANSYS solver uses to calculate stabilization forces for all subsequent substeps. This value is greater than 0.  Note:  The Damping Factor value is dependent on the active unit system and may influence the results if unit systems are changed. You may wish to use an initial trial value from a previous run for this entry (such as a run with the Energy Dissipation Ratio as input). See the Controlling the Stabilization Force section of the Mechanical APDL Structural Analysis Guide for additional information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-165339","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-4457","topic-tag-general","topic-tag-mechanical-f-simulation","topic-tag-structural-mechanics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When you change the unit system of a first analysis which use the stabilize method the value of the energy is not changed. Before running the second analysis with the new unit system, you need to change the value of the energy manually in order to have the same results. The following statement has been\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ansys Knowledge | Ansys Innovation Space\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why does using Stabilization Damping Factor not give the the same force result if you are in US unit system or if you are in SI unit system? | Ansys Knowledge\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When you change the unit system of a first analysis which use the stabilize method the value of the energy is not changed. Before running the second analysis with the new unit system, you need to change the value of the energy manually in order to have the same results. The following statement has been\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-17T09:00:03+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-31T12:31:04+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Why does using Stabilization Damping Factor not give the the same force result if you are in US unit system or if you are in SI unit system? | Ansys Knowledge\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"When you change the unit system of a first analysis which use the stabilize method the value of the energy is not changed. Before running the second analysis with the new unit system, you need to change the value of the energy manually in order to have the same results. The following statement has been\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Topics\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Topics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/structural-mechanics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"structural-mechanics\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/structural-mechanics\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"structural-mechanics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/structural-mechanics\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Why does using Stabilization Damping Factor not give the the same force result if you are in US unit system or if you are in SI unit system?\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Topics\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Why does using Stabilization Damping Factor not give the the same force result if you are in US unit system or if you are in SI unit system?\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/structural-mechanics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"structural-mechanics\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"Ansys Innovation Space\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why does using Stabilization Damping Factor not give the the same force result if you are in US unit system or if you are in SI unit system? | Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"When you change the unit system of a first analysis which use the stabilize method the value of the energy is not changed. Before running the second analysis with the new unit system, you need to change the value of the energy manually in order to have the same results. The following statement has been\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-17T09:00:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-31T12:31:04+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"Ansys Innovation Space\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Why does using Stabilization Damping Factor not give the the same force result if you are in US unit system or if you are in SI unit system? | Ansys Knowledge","description":"When you change the unit system of a first analysis which use the stabilize method the value of the energy is not changed. Before running the second analysis with the new unit system, you need to change the value of the energy manually in order to have the same results. The following statement has been","canonical_url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","name":"Topics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Topics","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/#listItem","name":"structural-mechanics"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"structural-mechanics","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\/#listItem","name":"Why does using Stabilization Damping Factor not give the the same force result if you are in US unit system or if you are in SI unit system?"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","name":"Topics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\/#listItem","position":4,"name":"Why does using Stabilization Damping Factor not give the the same force result if you are in US unit system or if you are in SI unit system?","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/#listItem","name":"structural-mechanics"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#organization","name":"Ansys Knowledge","description":"Ansys Innovation Space","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\/","name":"Why does using Stabilization Damping Factor not give the the same force result if you are in US unit system or if you are in SI unit system? | Ansys Knowledge","description":"When you change the unit system of a first analysis which use the stabilize method the value of the energy is not changed. Before running the second analysis with the new unit system, you need to change the value of the energy manually in order to have the same results. The following statement has been","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\/#breadcrumblist"},"datePublished":"2023-03-17T09:00:03+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-31T12:31:04+00:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#website","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/","name":"Ansys Knowledge","description":"Ansys Innovation Space","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Ansys Knowledge | Ansys Innovation Space","og:type":"article","og:title":"Why does using Stabilization Damping Factor not give the the same force result if you are in US unit system or if you are in SI unit system? | Ansys Knowledge","og:description":"When you change the unit system of a first analysis which use the stabilize method the value of the energy is not changed. Before running the second analysis with the new unit system, you need to change the value of the energy manually in order to have the same results. The following statement has been","og:url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\/","article:published_time":"2023-03-17T09:00:03+00:00","article:modified_time":"2023-07-31T12:31:04+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"Why does using Stabilization Damping Factor not give the the same force result if you are in US unit system or if you are in SI unit system? | Ansys Knowledge","twitter:description":"When you change the unit system of a first analysis which use the stabilize method the value of the energy is not changed. Before running the second analysis with the new unit system, you need to change the value of the energy manually in order to have the same results. The following statement has been"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"165339","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"created":"2025-10-17 22:06:26","updated":"2026-07-29 16:38:00","ai":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/\" title=\"Topics\">Topics<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/\" title=\"structural-mechanics\">structural-mechanics<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tWhy does using Stabilization Damping Factor not give the the same force result if you are in US unit system or if you are in SI unit system?\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge"},{"label":"Topics","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/"},{"label":"structural-mechanics","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/"},{"label":"Why does using Stabilization Damping Factor not give the the same force result if you are in US unit system or if you are in SI unit system?","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-does-using-stabilization-damping-factor-not-give-the-the-same-force-result-if-you-are-in-us-unit-system-or-if-you-are-in-si-unit-system\/"}],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["3\/15\/2023 20:20"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.56.168.180"],"_btv_view_count":["2413"],"siebel_km_number":["2026461"],"product_version":["14"],"km_published_date":["2012-12-04T00:00:00.000Z"],"family":["Structural Mechanics"],"application_name":["Mechanical (f. Simulation)"]},"test":"articlesansys-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/165339","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\/165339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}