How to calculate sum of reaction forces on a face?

I have analyzed a 3D cube in Marc-Mentat.

As you can see from the above picture. Left end is fixed and has no displacement in X direction while the right end is pulled with fixed displacement in X direction. How can I calculate the reaction force on left end?

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0 zhong.qin over 3 years ago

You may use a RBE2 to connect all nodes on left end to an independent node and constrain the independent node. Then the reaction force at the node is what you want. You can also define a rigid body that contacts with the left end and then create history plot of contact force on the rigid body.
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0 zhong.qin over 3 years ago

You may use a RBE2 to connect all nodes on left end to an independent node and constrain the independent node. Then the reaction force at the node is what you want. You can also define a rigid body that contacts with the left end and then create history plot of contact force on the rigid body.
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