Defining the Rotary Inertia
The ROTARYI element allows rotary inertia to be included at a node. The node is assumed to be the center of mass of the body so that only second moments of inertia are required. If the node is part of a rigid body, the offset between the node and the center of mass of the rigid body is accounted for. All six components of the rotary inertia tensor—I11, I22, I33, I12, I13, and I23—about the global coordinate system are defined as follows:
The rotary inertia tensor must be positive semi-definite.
You specify the moments of inertia, which should be given in units of ML2. You must associate these moments of inertia with a region of your model.
Optionally, you can refer to a local orientation (Orientations) that defines the directions of the local axes for which the rotary inertia values are being given. If you do not specify a local orientation and the rotary inertia element is defined within a part or a part instance (see Assembly Definition), the components of the inertia tensor must be given with respect to the local part axes. If you do not specify a local orientation and the rotary inertia element is not defined within a part or a part instance, the components of the inertia tensor must be given with respect to the global axes.
Input File Usage
ROTARY INERTIA, ELSET=name, ORIENTATION=name I11, I22, I33, I12, I13, I23
where the ELSET parameter refers to a set of ROTARYI elements.
Abaqus/CAE Usage
Property or Interaction module: Point mass/inertia: select point: Magnitude: I11: I11, I22: I22, I33: I33; if necessary, toggle on Specify off-diagonal terms: I12: I12, I13: I13, I23: I23; CSYS: Edit: