Static Structural Analysis – Changing pressure value doesn’t change node location

- February 20, 2022 at 6:57 am
  
  qvly
  Subscriber
  
  Hello everyone,
  I am currently trying to simulate a Bipolar Plate (BP) that is experiencing 1-3 MPa of pressure on the top surface. This BP will push on the Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL) that it is connected at the bottom. I expected as I increase the pressure, the BP will move downward more and thus the thickness of the GDL will decrease. However, after trying different pressure values, the y value of the node stays the same. I even tried 100 MPa and still yielded the same result. I used probe to check the y location of the node. The first figure is 1MPa and the second is 3MPa. Yet the y locations are pretty much the same in both. Does anyone know what the problem could be?
  Thank you in advance.
- February 20, 2022 at 4:34 pm
  
  peteroznewman
  Subscriber
  
  Plot Directional Deformation and set it to the Y axis. Also, set the displacement scale factor to 1.0 (True Size) on the Result ribbon.
- February 20, 2022 at 6:52 pm
  
  qvly
  Subscriber
  
  Hello Peter
  Thank you so much for your help. The displacement scale factor was the reason why my node location was off. I have been stuck on this problem for so long and I finally fixed it. I really appreciate your help.

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