Hi, I am doing a structural static analysis and I would like to apply an uniform, distributed load (Pressure) on lines. However, when I try to apply pressure on lines, I am applying on the 3 components (x,y,z). How can I apply a pressure on lines, on one direction only, in relation to the y axis, for example? Thank you, Best regards, Hugo Silva, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Researcher, IPC- Institute for Polymers and Composites DEP- Department of Polymer Engineering University of Minho Portugal

At the top of my mind, Cannot you set the X and Z component of the pressure to ZERO? ===================================== Mohammad A Gharaibeh, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering The Hashemite University P.O. Box 330127 Zarqa, 13133, Jordan Tel: +962 - 5 - 390 3333 Ext. 4771 Fax: +962 - 5 - 382 6348 ===================================== On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 1:24 PM Hugo Miguel Andrade Lopes Figueiredo Silva < b7802@dep.uminho.pt> wrote: > Hi, > > > I am doing a structural static analysis and I would like to apply an > uniform, distributed load (Pressure) on lines. However, when I try to apply > pressure on lines, I am applying on the 3 components (x,y,z). How can I > apply a pressure on lines, on one direction only, in relation to the y > axis, for example? > > > Thank you, > > Best regards, > Hugo Silva, Ph.D., > Post-Doctoral Researcher, > IPC- Institute for Polymers and Composites > DEP- Department of Polymer Engineering > University of Minho > Portugal > > _______________________________________________ > Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org > To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org > If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing > account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. > > Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to > xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list >

Hi Hugo, Perhaps SFFUN or SFGRAD may be what you are after. https://www.mm.bme.hu/~gyebro/files/ans_help_v182/ans_cmd/Hlp_C_SFFUN.html https://www.mm.bme.hu/~gyebro/files/ans_help_v182/ans_cmd/Hlp_C_SFGRAD.html Thanks, Sze Kwan (Jason) Cheah Grad Student University of Minnesota On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 6:54 AM Mohammad A Gharaibeh via Xansys < xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> wrote: > At the top of my mind, Cannot you set the X and Z component of the > pressure to ZERO? > ===================================== > Mohammad A Gharaibeh, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > Department of Mechanical Engineering > The Hashemite University > P.O. Box 330127 > Zarqa, 13133, Jordan > Tel: +962 - 5 - 390 3333 Ext. 4771 > Fax: +962 - 5 - 382 6348 > ===================================== > > > > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 1:24 PM Hugo Miguel Andrade Lopes Figueiredo Silva > < > b7802@dep.uminho.pt> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am doing a structural static analysis and I would like to apply an > > uniform, distributed load (Pressure) on lines. However, when I try to > apply > > pressure on lines, I am applying on the 3 components (x,y,z). How can I > > apply a pressure on lines, on one direction only, in relation to the y > > axis, for example? > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > Best regards, > > Hugo Silva, Ph.D., > > Post-Doctoral Researcher, > > IPC- Institute for Polymers and Composites > > DEP- Department of Polymer Engineering > > University of Minho > > Portugal > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org > > If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing > > account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. > > > > Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to > > xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list > > > _______________________________________________ > Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org > To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org > If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing > account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. > > Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to > xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list >

Hugo, You can overlay SURF153 elements on your line mesh. You can then apply pressures on those elements in any direction by applying them on Face 4. The pressure direction is specified with a user input unit vector. A varying load distribution can also be applied using the SFFUN and SFGRAD commands. Keith DiRienz FEA Technologies Dana Point, CA At 03:23 AM 9/14/2021, you wrote: >Hi, >I am doing a structural static analysis and I would like to apply an >uniform, distributed load (Pressure) on lines. However, when I try >to apply pressure on lines, I am applying on the 3 components >(x,y,z). How can I apply a pressure on lines, on one direction only, >in relation to the y axis, for example? >Thank you, >Best regards, >Hugo Silva, Ph.D., >Post-Doctoral Researcher, >IPC- Institute for Polymers and Composites >DEP- Department of Polymer Engineering >University of Minho >Portugal Keith DiRienz, P.E. FEA Technologies