Beam Element strain and stress contour not showing

- December 23, 2023 at 9:05 am
  
  Imran
  Subscriber
  
  In my modeled reinforced concrete column, the reinforcement is represented by a beam element. Initially created as a line element, reinforcement is then assigned as a beam element with a specific cross-section. The keyword includes D3plot. Concrete exhibits stress/strain throughout the post-process, but the reinforcement does not display any stress/strain contours. Then, I learned to assign a non-zero value to BEAMIP in the keyword extend binary. The problem still exists then, as well. Please correct me if I am wrong, as I am new to LSDYNA. Any help is greatly appreciated.
- December 28, 2023 at 4:28 pm
  
  Chris Quan
  Ansys Employee
  
  To obtain beam stresses, you need to use *DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY where BEAMIP must be greater than 0. Then you need to re-run the model to generate such results and then post-process it in LS-PrePost via Fringe Component -> Beam.
- January 2, 2024 at 4:45 pm
  
  Jim Day
  Ansys Employee
  
  Only integrated beam formulations, e.g., beam ELFORM 1 calculate stresses. BEAMIP then specifies the number of beam cross-section integration points included in the d3plot data. When postprocessing with LS-PrePost, invoke View>Beam Prism to improve visualization.
- January 19, 2024 at 9:41 am
  
  Imran
  Subscriber
  
  Thank you, Chris and Jim, for the insightful suggestions.