Cylindrical coordinate system
Ahmed_20352
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Hi Ahmed
For Cylindrical Coordinates
1 - Translation in the radial direction
2 - Translation in thetha direction
3 - Translation in the z-direction
4 - Rotation in the radial direction
5 - Rotation in thetha direction
6 - Rotation in the z-direction
For a cylindrical coordinate system a single unconstrained node can translate axially along Z, translate radially along R and swing circumferentially about θ. So to apply a constraint to Z and R will allow the point to move in θ only
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Hi Pranav,
Thank you for the clarification. So for example if I consider the same cylinder as you have shown in the figure and I want to enforce a displacement (as in rotate the cylinder) about z axis of 5 units should I define it in dof2 or dof3?
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