Output the tension/compression of a spring in MAPDL

- October 4, 2017 at 12:20 pm
  
  pgl
  Ansys Employee
  
  For outputting the single value of tension/compression in a spring, instead of the two opposite values at its nodes, you can use the ETAB command as it is a MISC result. O the PRRSOL command prints the reaction forces if one of the nodes is constrained.
- October 4, 2017 at 2:39 pm
  
  nselvara
  Ansys Employee
  
  How can you output the tension/compression of a spring in MAPDL?

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