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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation General Mechanical Static Structural Analysis, Reaction forces in different coordinate system Reply To: Static Structural Analysis, Reaction forces in different coordinate system

dlooman
Ansys Employee

If Coordinate System_Bolt1 is a cylindrical system, X is the sum of the radial forces and Y is the sum of the tangential forces.  Only the cylindrical Z force is comparable to the Global Z and they do match.   So the tangential forces will tend to be large as they are resisting the moment in addition to the reaction force.

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