Result trackers that can be scoped to boundary conditions and geometry are available for LS-DYNA analyses.
The Details view settings are presented as sub-bulleted items under the tracker bullet.
Force Reaction tracker
Location Method – Select the scoping method for this tracker. Options are Boundary Condition and Geometry Selection.
Boundary Condition – When Boundary Condition is selected as the Location Method, select the defined boundary condition that is to be used for scoping. At this time, the boundary conditions that are available are: Velocity and Displacement.
Geometry – When Geometry Selection is selected as the Location Method, select the vertex, edge, face, or body where the tracker will be located.
Orientation – Select X, Y, or Z axis, or Total, which is the resultant force of its X, Y, and Z components.
The Filter option in the Details view is defined in the same manner as any other result tracker (see Viewing and Filtering Result Tracker Graphs for LS-DYNA).
The reaction force will be shown varying over time in the Graph window, and a table is displayed that shows the data. The magnitude of the reaction force is calculated by summing the reaction forces on each of the nodes selected by the scoping.
Note: If you right-click a Force Reaction tracker and select Rename Based on Definition, the tracker is renamed based on its type, the direction it shows results for, and the object it is scoped to. For example, if a Force Reaction tracker is selected to show results in the Y direction and is scoped to a Velocity constraint boundary condition named "Velocity Fix", by selecting Name Based on Definition it will be renamed to "Y Force Reaction at Velocity Fix". See Renaming a Result Tracker for more information on this renaming behavior.