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Hi,
Following on from Unecessarily repeated first time step
As part of QA we use the Global resultants in the *rpt file to check load balances.
This is particularly important in the 2 cases where
We match these numbers together with measures against freebody diagrams.
These useful numbers appear at the end of a design study.
If one uses timesteps then these numbers appear only after the last timestep.
These global resultants are missing from ALL intermediate timesteps.
I have looked in the familiar *.res file but no joy.
There are no measures I can create.
How can Simulate be persuaded to produce these numbers for each timestep?
Is there a development config option?
Is this another enhancement request?
Thanks
Hi Charles,
I do not know if there is a config option to obtain this output for all load steps. If someone filed an enhancement request for this, I would guess it will take a decade until it will be implemented because of the limited resources currently available at PTC's Simulate R&D after PTC top management laid the engine group in California off.
Anyway, I think what you could do is that you may use two measure types for this, as long as the structure is constrained:
Note option b) offers another advantage: You may also read out unbalanced moments in the spring, the global resultants in the rpt file just address unbalanced forces! And – spring forces are also supported in dynamic analysis, whereas constraint forces (and for sure resultant forces) are not as far as I remember (please correct if I’m wrong).
The problem may be if you run a static analysis with inertia relief where no constraints are applied. The only way I currently see is that you constrain the structure with a weighted link and a ground spring. You will see all unbalanced forces/moments in this spring and can apply balancing translational and rotational accelerations by reading out the reaction forces/moments in this spring and compute these required balancing accelerations with help of the mass/inertia Tensor and COG printed out in the report file. You may also make the spring diagonal elements very soft, then you see huge rigid body displacements if your structure is not correctly balanced.
Does this answer your question?
Best,
Roland
Thanks for that Roland,
I think we probably do most of that
Constraint reactions measures (moments and forces) are applied every time as part of a model build; I don't know why these are part of the natural output. Who wouldn't want to check these?
... and I think I had a bit a moan on this forum about the functionality gap you mention.
I didn't know about the SPR and I will look at that.
I've not tried the rigid link method you describe and I will play with that. The default method here tends to use weighted links to ground springs with measures.
I'm not a great fan of inertia relief. When there are intentional inertial loads applied I use mass properties and a spreadsheet to determine the additional components to total global.
So for my 15 loadsteps I do have constraint moments/force reactions and 'balancing spring' components and the loads I have input. I therefore have a load balance in my spreadsheet for each step.
It's always good to see if my expectation matches the output of the software (even if it is only forces). If it doesn't then one of us is wrong.
bfn
Charles