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Torque Sign Convention

The sign convention for element torque forces follows the right hand rule, and is illustrated in the below figure. A torque force is positive if it is in the clockwise direction when viewed from the origin towards the positive sense of the local x axis. Again, the local x axis points from the first node to the second.

Torque Sign Convention