Coordinate system - Bridging course Structural Mechanics

Global coordinate system¶

Global coordinate systems are treated in the book Engineering Mechanics Volume 1 in chapter 1.3.2 Hartsuijker & Welleman (2006).

At Delft University of Technology, we normally point $x$ to the right, $z$ downwards and $y$ towards the reader. And in a planar problem we have $x$ to the right and $z$ downwards.

Local coordinate system¶

Local coordinate systems are treated in the book Engineering Mechanics Volume 1 in chapter 10.3 including figure 10.36 and 10.37 Hartsuijker & Welleman (2006).

References¶

Hartsuijker, C., & Welleman, J. W. (2006). Engineering mechanics: Volume 1: Equilibrium. In Engineering Mechanics: Volume 1: Equilibrium. Springer Dordrecht. 10.1007/978-1-4020-5483-9