> Puneet,
>
> ANSYS claims the reduced stiffness matrix is exact. When I attempted
> substructuring for a static problem involving contact, I got different
> contact forces at the interface. I recommend you check your results
> carefully against a non-substructured analysis.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Bram Weisman
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Puneet Bhargava [mailto:puneet_at_berkeley.edu]
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 11:32 PM
> To: xansys_at_xansys.org
> Subject: [Xansys] [STRUCT] Substructuring
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I just implemented substructuring in one of my structural dynamic
> simulations, and it’s running
> much much faster now. Results look good too. It seems too good to be
> true. So what’s the catch?
>
> Puneet Bhargava
> UC Berkeley
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