The only load in my nonlinear analysis is gravity. Why do the reaction forces not match the weight of the structure?


If you used the STABILIZE command to help obtain convergence, check to see if you used a very short time step. Most of the weight may be carried artificially by the stabilization forces. A second solution can be run with stabilization turned off to verify that the reaction forces match the weight.





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