Review force results as described in the following sections:
Review the Sum values recorded for the Force transfer in the final coupling iteration to verify that the displacements sent by CFX match those received by Mechanical.
Figure 54: Force reported in the Transcript at Coupling Step 100, Iteration 5
+=============================================================================+ | COUPLING STEP = 100 SIMULATION TIME = 1.00000E+01 [s] | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | Source Target | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ... +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MAPDL Transient | | | Interface: CouplingInterface 1 | | | Force | Not yet converged | | RMS Change | 3.54E-03 2.50E-03 | | Sum x | 2.16E-01 2.16E-01 | | Sum y | 1.78E-02 1.78E-02 | | Sum z | 9.41E-07 9.41E-07 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
In EnSight, visualize the application of CFX-generated force-per-unit-area to the structural region. To do so:
Apply the Force_per_unit_area__EV variable to the Mechanical target region.
The animation shows how the motion of the fluid applies forces per-unit-area on the structural side of the plate over the duration of the co-simulation, with the arrows showing the vector of applied forces.
