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Hi all,
could someone explain me the difference between a Transient direct and a Transient modal analysis? Which may I use to analyze the vibrational behavior of a system?
Thanks
Hi @Ferrari248F1AQ
You can try getting an idea about Transient direct and a Transient modal analysis from Optistruct Help tutorials.
Refer
OS-T: 1310 Direct Transient Dynamic Analysis of a Bracket
OS-T: 1315 Modal Transient Dynamic Analysis of a Bracket
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I am getting a huge difference in result for the same problem solved in modal transient and direct transient respectively. Can some explain how much difference we can expect and what are factor affecting the difference?
It's normal to have a difference between direct transient and modal transient ... Just make sure that your synthesis modal basis is large enough to ensure to convergence and normally you will approach the results of the direct transient /emoticons/default_wink.png' srcset='/emoticons/wink@2x.png 2x' title=';)' width='20' />
Like mentioned by Farouk, in order for your modal transient to represent well your problem, you need to take care with the timestep used and also the frequency range used in your modal basis.
As a rule of thumb, if your frequency of interest in the transient analysis is fn, them your modal analysis should cover at least 1.5*fn.
Modal frf/transient needs enough modes to represent the structure behavior as a combination of the normal modes.
Also make sure RESVEC is on. (Residual vectors increase the accuracy of the modal transient)
Well done.
least 1.5*fn
I just want to add some details: when you have a dumped system, we recommand to increase the multiplying coefficient. In my last modal simulation with a dumped system, the convergence is reached with \alpha = 5 ( 5*fn) !
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