ANSYS Meridian stress
ANSYS Meridian stress
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Hello, I'd like to know how to obtain the meridian stress of a structure, in a circular part, but its shape is not regular, so with a polar coordinate system, it's impossible. I can only have the circumferential/hoop stress, normal to y!
Many thanks
Many thanks





RE: ANSYS Meridian stress
RE: ANSYS Meridian stress
I think that I already answered this question for you, though. You'll simply have to create a cylindrical coordinate system to scope the results to.
If you're using Ansys Workbench it's fairly straightforward. Click on "Coordinate Systems", "Right Click>Insert>Coordinate System", and select "Cylindrical Coordinate System".
Now, to output a solution in cylindrical coordinates, click on "Solution", "Right Click>Insert>Stress Component", and select the coordinate system you just created.
Hope that gets you squared away.
RE: ANSYS Meridian stress
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RE: ANSYS Meridian stress
Is the direction important? Are you working with an anisotropic material? Can you give more details about what you're working on?
If you're interested in a particular direction that cannot easily be defined by a coordinate system, perhaps the best thing to do would be to output the stress components in an available coordinate system and then compute the stresses in the desired direction with a simple coordinate rotation.