Comsol Transient Vibration Analysis

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The discussion focuses on defining initial conditions and forces in COMSOL Multiphysics for transient vibration analysis. Users are seeking methods to implement waveforms such as ramp or parabolic functions, similar to the time-stepping approach in ANSYS. The participant reports issues with initial displacements leading to incorrect results, including unexpected damped oscillations. Despite defining a force input function, the output waveform does not match expectations, resembling a sawtooth signal instead of a sinusoidal one.

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hi all..
How can i describe initial conditions or initial forces in comsol(like wave forms such as ramp or parabolic)? I couldn't find it in the manual.
in ansys, i do it in time steps(in solution options).(like t=0, F=10 t=0.001 F=0)
I tried to give initial displacements to the points but it didnt work,either.. It gave ridiculous results..like damped oscillations when there was no damping..
thank you for help..
 
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I defined a function for the force input (at the options menu).. i thought it worked.. but still the output waveform is not correct(not a full sinusoid.. a more like saw signal.. and although there is no damping, its a damped signal..) help : \
 
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