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Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide - Ansys

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7.4.8. Comparing Nodal Solutions From Two Models (RSTMAC)<br />

7.4.1. Rotating Results to a Different Coordinate System<br />

Results data, calculated during solution, consist of displacements (UX, UY, ROTX, etc.), gradients (TGX, TGY,<br />

etc.), stresses (SX, SY, SZ, etc.), strains (EPPLX, EPPLXY, etc.), etc. These data are stored in the database and<br />

on the results file in either the nodal coordinate system (for the primary, or nodal data) or the element coordinate<br />

system (for the derived, or element data). However, results data are generally rotated into the active<br />

results coordinate system (which is by default the global Cartesian system) for displays, listings, and element<br />

table data storage.<br />

Using the RSYS command (Main Menu> General Postproc> Options for Outp), you can change the active<br />

results coordinate system to global cylindrical (RSYS,1), global spherical (RSYS,2), any existing local coordinate<br />

system (RSYS,N, where N is the local coordinate system number), or the nodal and element coordinate systems<br />

used during solution (RSYS,SOLU). If you then list, display, or operate on the results data, they are rotated<br />

to this results coordinate system first. You may also set the results system back to global Cartesian (RSYS,0).<br />

Note<br />

The default coordinate system for certain elements, notably shells, is not global Cartesian and is<br />

frequently not aligned at adjacent elements.<br />

The use of RSYS,SOLU with these elements can make nodal averaging of component element<br />

results, such as SX, SY, SZ, SXY, SYZ, and SXZ, invalid and is not recommended.<br />

Figure 7.21 (p. 171) illustrates how displacements are reported for several different RSYS settings. The displacements<br />

are in terms of the nodal coordinate systems (which are always Cartesian systems), but issuing<br />

the RSYS command causes those nodal systems to be rotated into the specified system. For example, RSYS,1<br />

causes the results to be rotated parallel to the global cylindrical system such that UX represents a radial<br />

displacement and UY represents a tangential displacement. (Similarly, AX and AY in a magnetic analysis and<br />

VX and VY in a fluid analysis are reported as radial and tangential values for RSYS,1.)<br />

Figure 7.21 Rotation of Results by RSYS<br />

y<br />

x<br />

UY<br />

UX<br />

(a) Default orientation -<br />

parallel to global<br />

Cartesian system (C.S.O.)<br />

y<br />

x<br />

11<br />

UY<br />

UX<br />

(b) Rotated parallel to local<br />

cylindrical system<br />

(RSYS,11)<br />

7.4.1. Rotating Results to a Different Coordinate System<br />

y<br />

x<br />

11<br />

UY<br />

UX<br />

(c) Rotated parallel to global<br />

cylindrical system<br />

(RSYS,1)<br />

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