Rotating Frame
Centrifugal, Coriolis, and Euler forces are “fictitious” volume forces that need to be introduced in a rotating frame of reference, since it is not an inertial system. Use a Rotating Frame node to add the effect of these forces. The forces are generated by all selected features in the physics interface having a density, mass, or mass distribution. You select objects having the highest geometrical dimension of the interface, and all objects with a lower dimensionality which belong to the selection are automatically included.
The Rotating Frame node is only available with some COMSOL products (see http://www.comsol.com/products/specifications/).
Layer Selection
This section is only present in the in the Layered Shell interface, where it is described in the documentation for the Rotating Frame node.
Rotating Frame
Select an Axis of rotationx-axis, y-axis, z-axis, or User defined. For User defined enter a Rotation axis base point rbp and Rotation axis direction eax.
Select a Rotational direction Counterclockwise or Clockwise. The rotational direction does not make any difference for a centrifugal force.
Select a Rotational frequency Angular velocity, or Revolutions per time. Then enter a value as needed for Angular velocity magnitude Ω , or Revolutions per time.
For 3D and 2D components, use the Centrifugal force, Coriolis force, or Euler force check boxes to determine which effects of a rotating frame that are to be incorporated in the analysis. Only Centrifugal force is selected by default.
For 2D axisymmetric components, the only effect from a rotating frame is the centrifugal force, which is then always included.
The Spin softening check box is selected by default. When including spin-softening effects, an extra contribution to the centrifugal force from deformation is taken into account. The Spin softening check box is only available if Centrifugal force or Euler force is selected.
Only features which have a geometrical selection contribute to the mass forces. The Mass and Moment of Inertia nodes are global features and will not get any contribution from Rotating Frame.
Location in User Interface
Context Menus
Solid Mechanics>Volume Forces>Rotating Frame
Shell>Face and Volume Loads>Rotating Frame
Layered Shell>Face and Volume Loads>Rotating Frame
Plate>Face and Volume Loads>Rotating Frame
Membrane>Face and Volume Loads>Rotating Frame
Beam>Line and Volume Loads>Rotating Frame
Truss>Line and Volume Loads>Rotating Frame
Multibody Dynamics>Volume Forces>Rotating Frame
Ribbon
Physics tab with Solid Mechanics or Multibody Dynamics selected:
Domains>Volume Forces>Rotating Frame
Physics tab with Shell, Layered Shell, or Membrane selected:
Boundaries>Face and Volume Loads>Rotating Frame
Physics tab with Plate selected:
Domains>Face and Volume Loads>Rotating Frame
Physics tab with Beam or Truss selected:
Edges>Line and Volume Loads>Rotating Frame