Direction of principal stress

- March 20, 2024 at 5:45 pm
  
  ANUPAMA
  Subscriber
  
  Hai,
  I am able to find the maximum, minimum and shear stresses. But i want to get the direction of principal stress. How to get the stress perpendiular to panel, transverse stress and shear stress acting on the panel?
- March 21, 2024 at 9:00 am
  
  Rahul Kumbhar
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hi Anupama,
  You can plot the vector principal stress plot and export the result (.xls file) which will give you the angles required to produce a coordinate system whose X, Y and Z-axis are the directions of maximum, middle and minimum principal quantities.