How to measure force needed for defined deflection

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I have a disc with a hole in the middle, a washer more or less.

I’m looking to find the force it will take to deflect the ID by a certain amount.

In this case the washer is 6ft OD 3ft ID and im deflecting the ID by 1in.

I’ve used a fixed value for the deflection but don’t see an easy way to measure the force required to achieve said deflection.

Any help would be nice.

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Hi!

What you need to use here is a Result control item - Area calculation - Sum of the Reaction force, assigned to the face(s) with imposed displacement. You can find more details here: