Perform modal analysis in Altair SimSolid

Gouthami Polina_22137
Altair Employee

This video demonstrates how to perform modal analysis in Altair SimSolid. Watch this workflow to learn how to:
- Setup modal analysis and review mode shapes
- Review modal participation factors
- Save modal displacements to a unv file
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The output of UNV file allows to compare the modal solution from SimSolid with other traditional FE solvers or test data. HyperView has a nice tool to compare such data and report any inconsistencies.
Pro tip: To get an exact match of eigenvectors between OptiStruct/Nastran and SimSolid, simply multiple the eigenvectors from OptiStruct/Nastran with sqrt(Emax), where Emax is the largest modulus of all the materials in the assembly.
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