You can use a probe to display the following longitudinal result items from a spring.
| Elastic Force: The force is calculated as (Spring Stiffness * Elongation). The force acts along the length of the spring. |
| Damping Force: Damping force is calculated as (Damping Factor * Velocity) and acts to resist motion. |
| Elongation: The elongation is the relative displacement between the two ends of the springs. The elongation could be positive (stretching the spring) or negative (compressing the spring). |
| Velocity: Velocity is the rate of stretch (or compression) of the spring. This quantity is only calculated in a Static Structural, Transient Structural, LS-DYNA, and Rigid Dynamics analysis. |
Note: During a Static Structural analysis, velocity is calculated as the difference of the relative displacement of two nodes (defining the spring) divided by the duration of the time step.