Constraint Reaction Force in Post Processor? Is there a way to get the reaction force for a constraint?

Is there a way to get the reaction force for a constraint? In this particular case I am interested in the reaction force of a spherical displacement constraint. I have created a discrete tie to the nodes of a bore and applied spherical displacement constraint and would like to know the reaction force.

It seems the I can get the attachment force for individual nodes but not the constraint?

0 rohit.belsare 7 months ago

You can check by requesting the output for constrain forces (SPCFORCES) in study tab. I can see the constrain reaction forces for "Clamped Constrain" check if application can show the same output for spherical constrain.
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0 andrew.nelson 7 months ago

Thanks, Rohit. It seems there is a bug in the post processor with displaying the reaction force of spherical constraints. I was able to see the fringe/vector plots for my fixed constraint but not the spherical. I did get it to display after recreating the spherical constraint. I am a couple versions back so I am going to updated to the latest version.
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0 rohit.belsare 7 months ago

Yes. Please update the latest release 2024..1.1 Thanks!
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