SOLUTION # Model tests behavior under quasistatic loads associated with a constant sustained # Angluar velocity and angular acceleration statics END parameters end FILE # This defines the geometry to use in the analysis geometry_file hex20Beam40x.g END BOUNDARY sideset baseSurf fixed END LOADS # Angular acceleration of 200 radians/s^2 and angular velocity 500 rad/s. # These are defined in the with respect to the 'offset_Y' coordinate frame # defined below. the 'offset_y' has directions the same as the global XYZ system # but with the origin point moved to '0 1 0'. Thus these boundary conditions # define a spin around the a Z axis defined between the coordinates of # '0 1 0' and '0 1 1' # # Angular acceleration creates an inertial force that is tangential around this # axis while angular velocity creates a centripetal force around this axis. # Even though angular acceleration implies the velocity velocity would be changing # as a function of time this static analysis assumes both these forces are constant. # body angular_acceleration = 0 0 200 coordinate offset_Y body angular_velocity = 0 0 500 coordinate offset_Y END OUTPUTS # Only output is deformed shape disp END ECHO END BLOCK myTestBeam material example_mat END Material example_mat E 30.0E6 # Young's modulus (psi) nu 0.33 # Poisson ratio (dimensionless) density 0.00074 # 'slinch'/in^3 END begin rectangular coordinate system offset_Y # same coordinate directions as global XYZ, but with the origin at 0 1 0 origin = 0 1 0 z point = 0 1 5 xz point = 1 1 0 end