27.3.5. Normal Displacement and Tangential Force Imposed

The normal displacement and tangential force imposed condition combines displacement and force boundary conditions described in Normal and Tangential Displacement Imposed and Normal and Tangential Force Imposed, respectively. The default condition corresponds to d = 0 and f = 0, but you can assign nonzero values for the normal displacement d. It is not possible to assign a nonzero value for the tangential force f due to orientation conventions in 3D.

To define the normal displacement and tangential force on a boundary section, you will need to do the following:

  1. Select Normal displacement and tangential force imposed (dn, fs) from the list of boundary conditions.

      Normal displacement and tangential force imposed (dn, fs)

  2. Specify d as Constant, Linear function of coordinates, Map from CSV (Excel) file, or User-defined function.

  3. Select the Upper level menu. Ansys Polydata will open the menu where you can specify f as a Constant or a Linear function of coordinates (2D only).