How do I implement spring supports in ANSYS?

[Bref]

Hi Guys,

I have been trying to implement this in ANSYS all day. It is probably really simple but could you please help me:

http://yfrog.com/jlspringsupportp

The trouble is the spring supports. I basically want to get the forces in the springs due to different loads. I can't find a tutorial anywhere on spring supports.

Thanks

 

[hotvette]

Isn't there a rod element that can have axial loading only? Adjust the area and modulus to get the spring constant you need.

 

[minger]

I believe he wants the reactions of a non-statically determinable system.

It depends on what type of spring element you're using. I believe the simple 1D longitudinal springs COMBIN13 have an element solution you can query to get spring "stretch", force, and other things. Look though the element reference to see what exactly you need to query.

 

[wpboot]

Hello,

I've been messing with ANSYS for days as well, but simply cannot find how to implement a torsional spring on my system (c1 and c2 in my attachment).

I tried to use the spring element COMBIN14 (this is in ANSYS 11.0; I guess this is the same as COMBIN13) and create this element at coincident nodes.
I double-checked the settings of Element types and Real constant sets, so that doesn't seem to be the problem.

Can someone help me on this?

Many thanks!