Thank you all, its now clear.
Orel,
O.K. as you said if its nodal force then, large deflection=ON will not incline the force.
Rickfischer51,
I will take your advise into account and use NLGEOM=ON.
Thanks,
HAVAL
Hi Rickfischer51,
Do you mean the deflection equation of a simply supported beam (delta= FL^3/48 EI)? and about the deflection if it is small or not, I think its more than the half of the element thickness. The problem is that, I need the applied force to remain vertical during the solution to...
Dear Orel,
Thanks a lot. So if I want to simulate a three point bend test as I am doing now, I have to chose either Large deflection = OFF or to use remote force. As experimentally, the compact head of the machine (which is doing the bending)still vertical during the test operation?
I am doing a...