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Plotting Von Misses Stress X Distance or Coordinate Node or Element

    • Fabricio.Urquhart
      Subscriber

      I would like to plot a graph with the edge von misses stress, like the picutre below. But in place of time, I would like to plot the X coordinate along the edge. So the results will be a line per time like the second picture. Is there any command in apdl that do it??



    • peteroznewman
      Subscriber

      Fabricio,


      In Mechanical, you use Construction Geometry to create a Path to plot stress along that path.  Here is the SimuTech group tutorial.


      Regards,


      Peter

    • Rohith Patchigolla
      Ansys Employee

      Hello Fabricio, 


      As Peter suggested, you can get distance along the edge vs stress plot using Construction Geometry (Path). 


      If you want to have X-coordinate (and not distance along the edge) vs stress plot instead, you can create in the following way. 


      1. Create a Equivalent stress result along a path as Peter suggested


      2. Create a User defined result along a path, with expression LOCX


      3. Highlight both objects created above and create a Chart



      4. In the created chart, change the X axis (under Chart Controls) from "Length" to this "User defined result" created in step 2 to get  X-coordinate vs stress plot



      You can also combine multiple Equivalent stress results (at multiple time points) into one chart.


      Hope this helps. 


      Best regards,


      Rohith


       


       

    • Fabricio.Urquhart
      Subscriber

      Thank you!


      To create a path, it is necessary to create a edge in the geometry. If you do not have the edge, the results do not recognize the path.

    • Rohith Patchigolla
      Ansys Employee

      Fabricio, 


      I see from your snapshot that edges are present (circled in red). Let me know if I am missing something?



      Best regards,
      Rohith

    • Natalia
      Subscriber

      Hi all!


      I am sorry for not opening a new thread (neither uploading a pic) but for some reason it is impossible since a few days ("Sorry an error occured"). Could you please help me to plot a stress in a function of edge length along a non-linear 2D edge? I need it to compare several simulation with different loads. I am guessing that I might need to get all the values on the nodes with the apdl commands but I don't want to search blindly. Could you please give me any hint? 

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