Displacement as load in Optistruct

Arul
Arul Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

How to apply displacement as load in linear static analysis in Optistruct? and apply the same in local co-ordinate system?

 

 

 

Rgds,

 

Arul

Answers

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited February 2018

    Hi Arul,

     

    You can create a local system and assign node(s) to this local system

     

    Now using DAREA you can apply enforced displacement. Go to Analysis>> Constraints>> change load type to DAREA and apply on the node(s)

  • Arul
    Arul Altair Community Member
    edited February 2018

    Thanks Prakash

     

    Rgds,

     

    Arul