Reaction moment/Free body moment question

[BoomerSooner7]

See attached .jpg's. I have a part with a fixed constraint on the cylindrical face and applying a normal force of 5 lbf. on the extreme edge of the handle (see setup). The handle is 8 inches from the edge to the center of cylinder, therefore inducing a 40 in-lb torque around the axis. When I view the results for either reaction moment or free body moment I get the following (see list results). I have tinkered with all the options to get the result of 40 in-lb on the axis, but no luck. Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks in advance

 

[BoomerSooner7]

Oops, here is the setup .jpg

 

[TheTick]

Looks like all you did was constrain the cylindrical face to be fixed. This would not yield a torque around the axis.

Constrain the face relative to the axis with zero rotation or axial movement.

 

[TheTick]

I ran this on my own. The results you get are consistent with a fixed constraint. Change the constraint to "Use Reference Geometry" w.r.t. the axis, and constrain all 3 DOFs (radial, axial, rotational).

 

[BoomerSooner7]

Tick,

I tried the "use reference geometry" and constrained all 3 DOF with 0 movement (see setup2.jpg) I am still getting the same results though. BTW what is w.r.t. the axis?

Thanks for your input

 

[TheTick]

w.r.t. = "with respect to"

 

[BoomerSooner7]

Tick,

Can you send me a screenshot of how you are setting this up and the results screen?

Thanks.

 

[TheTick]

There are two C/Works static studies in this part: one w/ fixed face and one w/ constrained to axis.

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[BoomerSooner7]

Tick,

Thanks for attaching the part. I still can't get the results I'm expecting under reaction force. Still looks like the list results .jpg I first sent. I dunno....

Thanks for your help.