Ansys apld load step

[Baqoy]

Hey guys,

I was trying to set up a load-displacement graph in ansys apdl, but im finding it really hard to learn how to set up the code for load steps. I've searched around but havent found anything.

Could you perhaps point me in the direction of an example code?

Thanks,

Pete

 

[Baqoy]

So i kinda worked out a code to plot the force-disp graph, but it doesnt seem to be working quite right.

/solu
autots,on
nsubst,5,5,5
outres,all,all

solve
fini

/POST26
NSOL,3,45,U,Z
RFORCE,4,45,F,Z
/AXLAB,Y,FORCE
/AXLAB,X,DEFLECTION
XVAR,3
PLVAR,4

When i look into the timehist post proc menu, the deflection variable shows up fine, and lists the deflection for the 5 time steps, but the force shows up as invalid and im not sure why.

Also if i understand right, it will only show the reaction force of that node right? So how do I change that to include the force across the whole cross section?

Any help would be appreciated!