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Adding a foce to a certain limited region of a surface of the solid

Posted May 28, 2013, 2:52 a.m. EDT Parameters, Variables, & Functions, Structural Mechanics Version 4.3a 2 Replies

Vijil Subash
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Hello everyone,

I have a beam , and the force is acting on the top surface of the beam , but only in a certain region. Hence, I should not select the entire top surface as the surface acting for the boundary load, and neither is the force an edge load. Hence, how should I select this region (say it has a certain shape) , so as to apply force to only that part of the top surface. I really do not know whether this is a trivial question or not. I am very new to comsol , and hence not familiar with this.

Thanks in advance
2 Replies Last Post Jun 12, 2013, 5:00 a.m. EDT
Henrik Sönnerlind COMSOL Employee

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Posted: 1 decade ago Jun 12, 2013, 4:49 a.m. EDT
Hi,

You can write any expression in the text field for the load. As an example

10[MPa]*(Z>0.3[m])*(Z<700[mm])*(1- Z/100[mm]).

This is a linearly varying load, being nonzero between Z=0.3 and Z=0.7

Regards,
Henrik
Hi, You can write any expression in the text field for the load. As an example 10[MPa]*(Z>0.3[m])*(Z
Ralf Tschiesche
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Posted: 1 decade ago Jun 12, 2013, 5:00 a.m. EDT
...or you can simply create an additional body (or face with a workplane) in your geometry (with same material).
This will produce a surface at the top of your beam.

Ralf
...or you can simply create an additional body (or face with a workplane) in your geometry (with same material). This will produce a surface at the top of your beam. Ralf

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