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FEM Loads and d'Alembert Principle.

As in the vertical spring example, the spring force results in FEM loads distributed among the nodes of two annular faces, one belonging to each part. The FEM loads due to the cylindrical joint force and torque follow the same principles exposed in the sliding pendulum example.

The videos below depict the action FEM loads applied to the base mesh (left), and the reaction FEM loads acting on the mass mesh (right).

Next: von-Mises stress.