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Mode Shapes - Limiting Selection of Shapes

I need many mode shapes to achieve a sum of 90% effective modal mass. Can I limit the number of mode shapes for generating equivalent loads?


Answer:

Yes, you can. Mode shapes with only a small portion of the effective modal mass can be ignored.

You can define this manually or use a filter in the program.

The selection of mode shapes also has a direct effect on the performance. The lower the number of mode shapes, the lower the number of the load cases to be generated.