Reaction Force

[nbroc01]

I am using a displaced constraint to apply a "clamping" load to my assembly in Mechanica. I would like to determine the reaction force on an area of my part in the results window, but I am not sure how it works. If I select Force, and then Reaction in the results window, it asks for a curve on the model to plot the reaction force against. I can't get it to work!

 

[mhinkkanen]

You should make an Measure (Force>Reaction at constrain>Force
component or mangitude) when defining analysis. Measure results are
available in log- file *.rpt (use button "Display Study Status") when
using Single Pass Adaptive run.



If you are using Multi Pass Adaptive, then you can see results in result window by defining: Graph>Measure>P-pass.