CMDOMEGA

CMDOMEGA, CM_NAME, DOMEGAX, DOMEGAY, DOMEGAZ, X1, Y1, Z1, X2, Y2, Z2
Specifies the rotational acceleration of an element component about a user-defined rotational axis.

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CM_NAME,

The name of the element component.

DOMEGAX, DOMEGAY, DOMEGAZ

If the X2, Y2, Z2 fields are not defined, DOMEGAX, DOMEGAY, and DOMEGAZ specify the components of the rotational acceleration vector in the global Cartesian X, Y, Z directions.

If the X2, Y2, Z2 fields are defined, only DOMEGAX is required. DOMEGAX specifies the scalar rotational acceleration about the rotational axis. The rotational direction of DOMEGAXis designated either positive or negative, and is determined by the “right hand rule.”

X1, Y1, Z1

If the X2, Y2, Z2 fields are defined, X1, Y1, and Z1 define the coordinates of the beginning point of the rotational axis vector. Otherwise, X1, Y1, and Z1 are the coordinates of a point through which the rotational axis passes.

X2, Y2, Z2

The coordinates of the end point of the rotational axis vector.

Notes

Specifies the rotational acceleration components DOMEGAX, DOMEGAY, and DOMEGAZ of an element component CM_NAME about a user-defined rotational axis. The rotational axis can be defined either as a vector passing through a single point, or a vector connecting two points.

You can define the rotational acceleration and rotational axis with the CMDOMEGA command for STATIC, HARMIC, TRANS, and SUBSTR analyses. Rotational velocities are combined with the element mass matrices to form a body force load vector term. Units are radians/time2.

The CMDOMEGA command supports tabular boundary conditions (%TABNAME_X%, %TABNAME_Y%, and %TABNAME_Z%) for DOMEGAX, DOMEGAY, and DOMEGAZ input values (*DIM) for full transient and harmonic analyses. In this case, if the end point is specified (X2, Y2, Z2), the rotational velocity axis must be along the global X-, Y-, or Z-axis.

Related commands are ACEL, CGLOC, CGLOC, OMEGA, CMOMEGA, DCGOMG, DOMEGA.

See Analysis Tools in the Mechanical APDL Theory Reference for more information.

You can use the CMDOMEGA command in conjunction with any one of the following two groups of commands, but not with both groups simultaneously:

GROUP ONE: OMEGA, DOMEGA.
GROUP TWO: CGOMGA, DCGOMG, CGLOC.

Components for which you want to specify rotational loading must consist of elements only. The elements you use cannot be part of more than one component, and elements that share nodes cannot exist in different element components. You cannot apply the loading to an assembly of element components.

In a modal harmonic or transient analysis, you must apply the load in the modal portion of the analysis. Mechanical APDL calculates a load vector and writes it to the mode shape file, which you can apply via the LVSCALE command.

See Acceleration Effect in the Mechanical APDL Theory Reference for more information.

This command is also valid in PREP7.

Menu Paths

Main Menu>Preprocessor>Loads>Define Loads>Apply>Structural>Inertia>Angular Accel>On Components>By Axis
Main Menu>Preprocessor>Loads>Define Loads>Apply>Structural>Inertia>Angular Accel>On Components>By origin
Main Menu>Preprocessor>Loads>Define Loads>Apply>Structural>Inertia>Angular Accel>On Components>Pick Kpt
Main Menu>Preprocessor>Loads>Define Loads>Apply>Structural>Inertia>Angular Accel>On Components>Pick Kpts
Main Menu>Preprocessor>Loads>Define Loads>Apply>Structural>Inertia>Angular Accel>On Components>Pick Node
Main Menu>Preprocessor>Loads>Define Loads>Apply>Structural>Inertia>Angular Accel>On Components>Pick Nodes
Main Menu>Preprocessor>Loads>Define Loads>Delete>Structural>Inertia>Angular Accel>On Component
Main Menu>Solution>Define Loads>Apply>Structural>Inertia>Angular Accel>On Components>By Axis
Main Menu>Solution>Define Loads>Apply>Structural>Inertia>Angular Accel>On Components>By origin
Main Menu>Solution>Define Loads>Apply>Structural>Inertia>Angular Accel>On Components>Pick Kpt
Main Menu>Solution>Define Loads>Apply>Structural>Inertia>Angular Accel>On Components>Pick Kpts
Main Menu>Solution>Define Loads>Apply>Structural>Inertia>Angular Accel>On Components>Pick Node
Main Menu>Solution>Define Loads>Apply>Structural>Inertia>Angular Accel>On Components>Pick Nodes
Main Menu>Solution>Define Loads>Delete>Structural>Inertia>Angular Accel>On Component

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