Body Loads - Angular tab

Defines angular velocity or angular acceleration for the model.

Access:

Ribbon: Stress Analysis tab Loads panel Body - Angular tab Alternatively, right-click the Loads node in the browser and select Body Load. Then, select the Angular tab in the dialog box.

Based on the options you can select, there are three cases possible:

• Velocity and Acceleration have the same rotation axis. The location point is unspecified. The solver chooses a point along the axis.
• Velocity and Acceleration have a different rotation axis. The location point is unspecified. The solver chooses a point on the Velocity rotation axis. Acceleration is transformed to the location point on the Velocity rotation axis.
• Velocity and Acceleration have a different rotation axis. The location point is specified. This case is the same as when you define the point with the vector components.

Angular
	Enable Angular Velocity and Acceleration	Enables the controls for specifying angular velocity and acceleration. Valid selections are faces and edges.
	Velocity
	Direction	Specifies the direction of angular velocity. A Normal vector is applied perpendicular to the face and with the magnitude value. When an edge is selected, the loads are applied parallel to the selected edge. The Direction Selector is automatically active allowing you to select geometry to define the load direction. The Direction Reverse command inverts the direction of the selected vector.
	Magnitude	Specifies the angular velocity magnitude.
	Acceleration
	Direction	Specifies the direction of angular acceleration. A Normal vector is applied perpendicular to the face and with the magnitude value. When an edge is selected, the loads are applied parallel to the selected edge. The Direction Selector is automatically active allowing you to select geometry to define the vector. The Direction Reverse command inverts the direction of the specified vector.
	Magnitude	Specifies the angular acceleration magnitude.
	Location	Allows you to change the location of the initial Velocity and/or Acceleration selection while maintaining the specified orientation. Select a vertex and the location you choose is common to both the Velocity and Acceleration selections.
	OK	Create the body load and close the dialog box.
	Cancel	Close the dialog box without creating the body load.
	(More)	Expands the dialog box to reveal additional controls for specifying the angular velocity and acceleration vector.
	Use Vector Components	Enables vector controls so that you can define more explicitly the body load vector and magnitude. Specify the magnitude for the appropriate vector components and the applicable location for: Velocity X component Y component Z component Acceleration X component Y component Z component Location X component Y component Z component
	Display Glyph	When checked, displays the load glyph in the graphics region.
	Scale	Specifies scale of the load glyph. You can increase or decrease the glyph size.