Understanding Mismatch of Resultant and Imported Stress in External Data Import — Lesson 3

Understanding Mismatch of Resultant and Imported Stress in External Data Import — Lesson 3 

Why does the resultant stress do not match the imported stress, after importing initial stress via external data import? 

Initial stress may not match with the result if the boundary conditions are insufficient to hold the stress from dissipating. See the attached pdf handout for reference. 

The file used in the video demonstration below can be found here.