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Applying boundary load over specified length
Posted Mar 10, 2014, 11:01 p.m. EDT Structural Mechanics Version 4.3b 2 Replies
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Hi guys,
I have applied a force over an elastic domain to cause deformation. However, I do not want the force to be applied over the whole domain. Rather, I want to only apply the force over the first 3/10 of the length. How would I specify this?
Thanks
I have applied a force over an elastic domain to cause deformation. However, I do not want the force to be applied over the whole domain. Rather, I want to only apply the force over the first 3/10 of the length. How would I specify this?
Thanks
2 Replies Last Post Mar 12, 2014, 2:36 p.m. EDT
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Posted:
1 decade ago
Hi,
There are a couple of ways you can do this (examples below are for a force along a boundary in 2D):
- Add a couple of points to the geometry along the boundary where you want to apply the force. COMSOL then creates a separate boundary segment between those points, which you can select as the boundary to apply the force to.
- Use a Boolean expression to apply a force along only part of the boundary, such as
Force*(x>0 && x<0.3)
if the boundary is oriented in the x direction, and Force is the applied force (a value, expression, or parameter). That force then is nonzero only where x > 0 and < 0.3.
Best regards,
Magnus Ringh, COMSOL
There are a couple of ways you can do this (examples below are for a force along a boundary in 2D):
- Add a couple of points to the geometry along the boundary where you want to apply the force. COMSOL then creates a separate boundary segment between those points, which you can select as the boundary to apply the force to.
- Use a Boolean expression to apply a force along only part of the boundary, such as
Force*(x>0 && x<0.3)
if the boundary is oriented in the x direction, and Force is the applied force (a value, expression, or parameter). That force then is nonzero only where x > 0 and < 0.3.
Best regards,
Magnus Ringh, COMSOL
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Posted:
1 decade ago
Hello Magnus,
Thank you very much for the help!!! It worked out perfectly
Best,
Aaron
Thank you very much for the help!!! It worked out perfectly
Best,
Aaron