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Getting the total magnitude of the load applied.

Getting the total magnitude of the load applied.

Getting the total magnitude of the load applied.

(OP)
Hi,
If I apply pressure load on a surface, is there a way in which I can query abaqus to show me the magnitude of the FORCE generated by pressure load?
Rgds
Shindey

RE: Getting the total magnitude of the load applied.

Usually the person who creates the model can check the size of the surface and calculate the force with that.

Otherwise you can run a dummy model, where you fix all DOF and sum the reaction forces of all nodes of the surface with the load.

RE: Getting the total magnitude of the load applied.

(OP)
Mustaine3,
Thank you. I tried your way out.It was a success.Took less than 5 minutes.I will outline the process for benefit of others who might read this.
Made a Dummy model with one node fixed encastre, requested for RF in output field,ran it, went to Visualization Module---> Went to Report menu----unique node ---- RF.
The results were printed in Abaqus.rpt file.
Thanks once again.
Shindey

RE: Getting the total magnitude of the load applied.

I used to use the query tool (if I remember correctly) on element faces (NFORC in field output). That way one don't need to make a dummy model, just activating the output.

If one forgets the field output, it is possible to get a rough estimate with the section tool.

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