Large deformation component, applied force and iterations

Hi everyone,

I have some questions about the "large deformation" component. I don't understand the relationship between the applied force, the increment and the deformation:

for example, if I apply a point load of 1 kN and set the Increments value to 250 does it mean that in complex I apply 250 kN or that in each iteration karamba applies 0.004 kN (=1 kN/250)?

I am working on a shell structure, I attach the definition of the work I am trying to develop.

Best,

Davide.

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Permalink Reply by Karamba3D on September 28, 2017 at 12:35pm

Hi Davide,

in case you do not specify 'MaxDisp' then 0.004 kN are added in each step. If however 'MaxDisp' is given then the load will be increased until a component of the displacement vector of a node reaches the predefined maximum.

Best,

Clemens

Permalink Reply by Davide Girardi on September 29, 2017 at 1:36am