displacement negative value

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

hi,

when i requested  displacement as output in frequency response analysis and acceleration as output in random vibration analysis some of the values has negative displacement and negative g values i.e acceleration psd .what does the negative values means . i gave type as both for RRA

Answers

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2017

    @jahnavi

     

    Maybe you are looking at component wise displacement. It could be in negative direction. 

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2017

    Ok . Can u pls tell me the reason for negative values of psd in random vibration analysis. will the output of RRA will be in psd only??

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2017

    Can you share model files and result files?

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited November 2020

    this is acceleration output file .and the model id human body which contains about 3 lakh elements

    Unable to find an attachment - read this blog

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2017

    @jahnavi

     

    As said in a previous reply, the nodes displaced in negative directional component.

     

     586 9.07577E-03-4.36800E-02 1.37167E+00 0.00000E+00 0.00000E+00 0.00000E+00

     

    The above node for instance has a negative Y displacement. 

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2017

    Hi sir,

    it is the output of acceleration when i gave psd as input. ouput of psd can't be negative . if we give acceleration as output will it give in terms of g or g/Hz?

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2017

    @jahnavi

     

    Correct, I did not check the keyword, sorry. 

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2017

    when i give psd as input will the output also be psd only??