Hello sci.engr.mech group,
I'm an electrical engineering student working in MEMS modeling
analysis using the ANSYS Multiphysics/LS-DYNA software for
verification of our simulations. Currently I'm modeling a plate/shell
element based on J.S. Przemieniecki's "Theory of Martrix Structural
Analysis". I've done a simple analysis of a single plate/shell
element with 4 nodes. I've constrained 3 of the 4 nodes and applied a
1uN force in the z-direction on the unconstrained node. I'm happy
with the results compared to the matrix model we've created in the UZ
displacement, but I'm trying to determine what units are used when the
output from ANSYS displays ROTX, ROTY, and ROTZ. Are these in units
of radians? If so, is the radian angle taken from the center of the
element? My matrix results are not converted to radians and I'm
trying to find some way to convert my results to see if they match or
are close to ANSYS. Hopefully I'm not too confusing in my question.
Thanks very much,
Michael Bails
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Electrical Engineering
- posted 18 years ago