Output SPCFORCE

Altair Forum User

I want to output SPCFORCE of my constraint

 

Step 1 

I have set

 

 

Step 2 

I output boundary total force and I don't want to separate direction.

So I set Mag of here

 

 

Step 3

I choose nodes in my constraint 

 

 

Step 4

Then I output all of them data like this then do the summed of the all nodes data so I can get the area total force of my constraint

 

 

 

I just want to ask. Do I use the SPCFORCE right?

 

 

 

 

And other questions are about:

 

1. If my constraint area is 700mm^2 but I just want to see the constraint area force about 350mm^2

 

So if I just output the choosen area 350mm^2 it also output this area's SPC force. Then when I summed them it is my area 350mm^2's SPC force.

 

Is this idea right?

 

2. I have found that SPCFORCE can't support small displacement?

 

But at this time when I output it will have value.

 

3. If I use Option→Set  then choose the SPC which I set

How should I read the set's SPC force in hyperview.

Rahul Rajan_21763

Use Free Body Diagram (FBD) approach as attached herewith, using HyperView.

Unable to find an attachment - read this blog

Altair Forum User

@Rahul R Thanks to your apply.

 

Can I use this output in small displacement analysis ?

 

Because in small displacement analysis we can't output the .spcf file.

 

And at the pdf it told us about output element 

 

How should I output nodes? Thanks for you.

Altair Forum User

Hi,

 

You can request SPCforces to specific nodes (provided they are part of constraints)

 

If you use set, HV will automatically show the results.