Deformed coordinates of specific nodes 1

[razzesh]

Hi

I am doing a torsional analysis.There are few nodes(nodes which are important for the analysis) over the length of the body. I listed the cocrdinates of the nodes before the analysis but i cannot list the coordinates of the deformed nodes.
Is there any options in post processor to get the deformed coordinates of specific nodes.

Thanks everyone.Any help will be much appreciated.

Regards,

Rajesh.

 

[Stringmaker]

Rajesh,
You can print coordinates of nodes in /POST1 with the PRNSOL command. For instance:

PRNSOL,U,X !Prints x-component of displacement for selected nodes
PRNSOL,U,SUM !Prints vector sum of displacement for selected nodes

Note that this prints nodal displacements in the global coordinate system by default. If you want to print them to another coordinate system you will have to use the RSYS command to transform their coordinates.

-Brian

 

[razzesh]

Thanks Brian. I was able to get the deformed coordinates. I am going to calculate the deflected angle manually using the deflected cocordinates. Is it possible at all in ANSYS to get the angle of deflection of the selected nodes.

 

[Stringmaker]

Yes it is possible to find the rotation of nodes with rotational degrees of freedom. See the PRNSOL command in the documentation. It would be something like

PRNSOL,ROT,X

or

PRNSOL,ROT,COMP

-Brian