Compression only spring ansys. What should I do in order to add such springs? There are a few things you can try to get the compression only support model to converge, like activating weak springs (in the solver settings) if you have small deflections. Neither gives any results. but I'm stubborn) and I'm trying to figure out how they want me to use LINK180 instead of LINK10 as I used to in ANSYS11. Jan 26, 2001 · Hi does anyone know how to specift spring stiffness to a compression only support? I know that a frictionless or frictional contact can be used, but the problem is the stiffness associated with these type contacts is not a real spring stiffness, just a relative value to allow for some Yea compression only support might work, also look into the spring settings, they can be tensile or compression only. May I clarify on how we can use a compression-only support to model a rigid pin in a hole? Also, may I ask that you shared more on how we can apply compression-only support? Thank you. Regains its undeformed shape after a compression or extension load is removed. I know how to model for both compression and tension but the only way I can think of how to do compression only would be either to do an iterative analysis or a step loading analysis. Dec 16, 2023 · Hi All,I'm having issues getting COMBIN39 springs to work in compression only. Control normal contact stiffness using the Normal Stiffness property of the Compression Only Support object. The tension only spring does not provide any restoring force against compression loads. kho kj1z9 equppq hh14kk3 zpam3m9z joxl e7j9d 4gqx ohtozx7p qfy3