Hello,
Recently I have taken my CSWA - Simulation exam. In the exam one of my question is asked to compute the displacement and stress at a point in Y - direction, where I got a negative displacement. Do I need to enter the value with a negative sign or do I need to enter with the positive sign.
Appreciate your response in advance.
hi, I'm sure you must put the negative symbol (if the value is negative) as this would determine wither you got the answer correct. What I mean by that is if the correct answer is -100mm for example and you type 100mm then you technically have the wrong answer is it could mean that is something wrong with your setup or you read a value wrong and the part is deforming in the wrong direction and you should therefor get the answer wrong. I'm also basing this from exams I have done in the past that asked for things like centre of gravity or other value that could have a negative and I always put the "-" when applicable.