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Displacement between steps

Displacement between steps

Displacement between steps

(OP)
Hi,

I've developed an FE model that contains 3 steps. I am wondering if there is a way to calculate the displacement that purely caused by step 3 (not the overall displacement outputed from step 2 and step 3) of a node. Many thanks.

Regards
Feng

RE: Displacement between steps

In the results query the node in both deformed states and then subtract.  I hope this helps.

Rob Stupplebeen

RE: Displacement between steps

(OP)
Thanks very much, Rob. I appreciate your help.

Feng

RE: Displacement between steps

You can also write a small script to do this for the whole body and display a contour diagram.

Gurmeet

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