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Reaction force

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Pingen

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Hi,

In WB.

How do I see the reaction forces in my supports? Can WB calculate the total reaction force?

Pingen
 
What is WB? I assume you mean WildFire? You would need to use Mechanica for that. But can't you take a SWAG (Scientific Wild Arse Guess) by doing some hand calculations?

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If by WB you mean WorkBench, then you probably should post in the ANSYS section.

If you do mean WorkBench, then you just click on your support and there's a tab named Reaction than you can expand and see your reaction forces.
 
Thanks for your replies.

I'm talking about WorkBench indeed. I'll start this thread in the ANSYS forum.

Furthermore, I tried to look up the reaction force the way Bakly describes, but there is no Reaction tab. I'm using a displacement support.

Continuing in the ANSYS forum now.

Have fun with your Pro/E stuff.

Pingen
 
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