nonlinear load apply

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Dear all

 

      I have a force vs displacement curve(curve is not linear) .I need to apply force using this curve .How can I acheive it. I use the Optstruct solver. thanks!

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited January 2016

    Hi,

     

    Can you let us know what the use case?

     

    What is the analysis about and what type of analysis?

     

    You can use PBUSHT elements with type as KN to give force Vs deflection curve.

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited January 2016

    Thanks for your answering my question!

    In fact I have built a bush element to simulate the rubber with force-deflection curve. I just want to apply the force to check the displacement. so what should I do ? Do I need to load the force with time? Then plot force-deflection curve?

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