peteroznewman
Subscriber

Greetings Maria Fernanda,

I believe the INISTATE command may be useful in your research.

https://forum.ansys.com/forums/topic/settlement-of-soil-mass-under-self-weight/

https://forum.ansys.com/forums/topic/inistate-command/

https://forum.ansys.com/forums/topic/the-relationship-between-inistate-command-and-impact-duration/

The following link has the read and write commands to make INISTATE quite useful for your application.

https://forum.ansys.com/forums/topic/mapping-stress-results-for-pre-stress/

Don't hesitate to ask for help as you need it.

Best regards,

Peter