sign of joint reaction force

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Hi,

just a small question to confirm whether i am correct:

The joint reaction force is the force from the second joint node acting on the first.

Correct?

I am always confused by the term “joint REaction” force.

Thanks, Thomaz

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Hi Thomaz,

All forces and moments are acting on the second mentioned coordinate system and measured wrt to the first mentioned coordinate system in the measure.

http://wiki.anyscript.org/index.php/All_about_Kinetics#How_to_understand_the_reactions_listed_in_a_AnyStdJoint.3F

I hope this may be helpful to you.

Best regards,
Moonki

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thanks, Moonki