I'm working on a halved model of a sidewall deflection test. My question is can anyone give me an idea how to get a graph that displays the FORCE vs DISPLACEMENT of the load on my cup? (The load being the pusher that is on top of the halved cup in the tray) I haven't been able to tweak the graph options to find it yet. The best I can do is Stress vs displacement.
I'm going to include the files if you want to play around. I'm using a nonlinear study.
Once again I'trying to graph the force of the load on the cup vs displacement of the load coming down on top of the cup. Any insight?
Adrian
Hey Adrian,
I haven't taken a look at your files so I am not sure how you have set up the Pusher force/displacement. I would suggest to set up this problem using an Enforced/Prescribed displacement. Add a Restraint in the normal direction to the top of the Pusher, and in the Fixture Property Manager, add in a value where the vertical (pushing) direction is zero, say 10mm. Notice you can vary this using a curve, but say you just leave that linear. So know you know the displacement vs. "time".
Then, at each solution step, you can RMB on the Results folder and List Result Forces... and then click the face to which you applied the restraint. This will show you how much Force it took to enforce that displacement that you prescribed. If you do this for each step (I forget if this tool will let you plot it over time automatically...) then you will have force vs. "time" and should be ready to compare back to your displacement vs. "time".
Brian