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How to make the result from the Superelement reduction more accurate?

I created a plate with an frequency dependent force from 20 to 1000 Hz. I analysed the plate with SOL 111. For the Frequency Range of Interest for the Real Eigenvalue Extraction and for the Frequency Response solution parameters frequency recovery points I took 20 - 1000 Hz as attitude.
I create a graph out of the reults. The blue graph is the one with the full model. The red one is the result out of a superelement analysis.
How do I get a result with superelement method which is more accurate to the original?

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  • Here are my observations:
     
    1) you do not want to do modal reduction of the residual prior to assembly with the upstream SE, so removed AUTOQSET and explicitly defined SPOINT/QSET for component mode placeholders within each upstream SE section
     
    2) it is always best to include modes to a higher frequency for the upstream SE than the desired accuracy of the assembled modes... I changed your upstreams to solve Component Modes to 2000.0 Hz which is 4x your downstream desired upper frequency of 500 Hz
     
    3) I commented out the TABDMP1 for each upstream SE... if doing modal damping, it is already going to be applied at the assembled modes, so it is over-damping to also appy it to the upstream modes
     
    4) why are you applying a FORCE to GRID 25000071 in SE2 as well as in SE0? I removed this force and all the dynamic loads 'stuff' from SE1 and SE2
     
    5) I converted from the old LOADSET/LSEQ to just pointing to the loading directly
     
    6) converted to expanded case control to better control what is done for each SE
     
     
    A few spot checks seem to show same results between the SE version and NON-SE version...please do your own validations and let me know if I missed anything!
     
    Regards,
    Don

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  • Here are my observations:
     
    1) you do not want to do modal reduction of the residual prior to assembly with the upstream SE, so removed AUTOQSET and explicitly defined SPOINT/QSET for component mode placeholders within each upstream SE section
     
    2) it is always best to include modes to a higher frequency for the upstream SE than the desired accuracy of the assembled modes... I changed your upstreams to solve Component Modes to 2000.0 Hz which is 4x your downstream desired upper frequency of 500 Hz
     
    3) I commented out the TABDMP1 for each upstream SE... if doing modal damping, it is already going to be applied at the assembled modes, so it is over-damping to also appy it to the upstream modes
     
    4) why are you applying a FORCE to GRID 25000071 in SE2 as well as in SE0? I removed this force and all the dynamic loads 'stuff' from SE1 and SE2
     
    5) I converted from the old LOADSET/LSEQ to just pointing to the loading directly
     
    6) converted to expanded case control to better control what is done for each SE
     
     
    A few spot checks seem to show same results between the SE version and NON-SE version...please do your own validations and let me know if I missed anything!
     
    Regards,
    Don

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