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ANSYS - Coordinate system following a tangent of a curve

Submitted by Goran Visnjic on

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to analyze a composite shell of a light aircraft fuselage. There are some layers - UD reinforcements in the shell of fuselage, that should follow certain path on the shell. So the layer coordinate system should rotate with the tangent of path - 3D curve. I saw a picture in a science paper, where micromechanics of a fabric lamina was analyzed in ANSYS. The coordinate system was following a centerline of a fiber.

Can anyone give me an advice how to do this? Thank you in advance.

 Greetings,

Goran