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Static then Transient analysis

Thread starter nizzle1234
Start date Feb 3, 2012

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Feb 3, 2012

nizzle1234

Structural

I want to perform a transient analysis of a structure in ANSYS, but because the mass loads aren't initially settled it is producing unwanted initial movement. Is there a way to do a static analysis then take the nodal displacements of that analysis and transfer them to a dynamic analysis without explicitly typing in each displacement as an initial condition?