After solving my problem in APDL, and started doing some post-processing, I want to find how much the deformed shape has rotated (i.e. the maximum angle the furthest node has made comparing with the original unreformed shape), I'm doing 2D analysis, is this exactly what is shown as, z-component of rotation, or there is other thing I need to know? and in which units, deg or rad?
The rotation angle is in rad you change it to degree by multiplying 180/pi. Check this link to calculate the angle of deformation using the commands.
http://www.simutechgroup.com/FEA/fea-tips-tricks-ansys-face-translation-rotation.html
http://www.feamech.com/ansys-tip-of-the-day-8-using-apdl-code-to-measure-deformed-shape-in-a-user-defined-coordinate-system/
excuse me, I have the same question. Can you help me where to find the angle of twist results in Ansys mechanical apdl??
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