How To Find Vibration Nodes?

[johnathan_tobey497]

With the kind of work I do, it's very helpful to know the vibration nodes of an object. A good example is a tennis racquet. This picture show's what I'm talking about:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/48341411/figure/fig1/AS:670038264655902@1536760979917/A-two...

I'm not concerned with the stingbed or how far it's moving, I just want to know the nodes. I've never done anything with simulations or analysis, so I'm hoping I can get some help. I think it's "modal frequency analysis", but I want to make sure I'm looking in the right place before I pay extra and take time to learn about it. I'd also like some advice about which settings to use and or where to learn what I need to know. The tuning fork example may have been missing a few things I'd want to know for my application.

[johnathan_tobey497 · Accepted solution]

It worked out as I hoped. I bought the flex tokens and used the modal frequency analysis simulation. It wasn't complicated, I just needed to find the right mode. The tuning fork tutorial was still a good reference. The 7th mode was what I was looking for. The dark blue spots were the nodes. The transition/gradient was also helful, and when I wanted to better pinpoint the dark spots, there was a slider. There might be a better way to measure them, but the grid background worked just fine.