How to apply a moment in ANSYS?
How to apply a moment in ANSYS?
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I am trying to model a bracket with holes with applied moments. First I am looking for an example tutorial in how to do this via the GUI interface. For example, I have a solid bracket that is L shape where top of the L has hole in it. In the center of the hole I would like to apply the moment. On the other end, I would to apply moment in the top section of the L where there is another hole, but the moment is in the plane in and out of the plane.
Thank you for time and help.
Thank you for time and help.





RE: How to apply a moment in ANSYS?
if you have 3D Solid formulation, the elements' formulations don't allow for the direct application of a moment because the rotational degrees-of-freedom don't exist.
Some softwares may have a commend to apply a "moment" to an entity, and then internal routines will provide to "convert" it to an equivalent set of forces.
If you don't have this kind of command, think of the moment as a force-at-a-distance and apply it like that...
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RE: How to apply a moment in ANSYS?
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RE: How to apply a moment in ANSYS?
I am investigate how to use constraint equations or perhaps another tip I heard is using mpc183 element. Fun stuff and thanks for the help all.
RE: How to apply a moment in ANSYS?
that's just what you do with Workbench interface... If your model is created directly inside Ansys Classical, but you want to use the functionalities of Workbench, no problem, simply export the Ansys geometry via CDWRITE command, then open it with WB...
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