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[SEKER77]

After I have done transient analysis for historical tower with solid 65 element, I get this plot. But are these blue lines cracks or not? 

[peteroznewman]

Aren't these blue lines just showing the elements in the mesh?

I thought cracks showed as red lines.

[SEKER77]

I agree with you. But ? cant see any red lines and ? dont get any warning message after the analysis. Whats wrong?

[peteroznewman]

Maybe nothing is wrong and the load is not large enough to crack the part.

[SEKER77]

maybe. But I can see eqv plastic strain. maybe my crack snippet is not sufficent. I couldnt understand.

 

[SEKER77]

/SHOW,png,rev,1

/ANG,0

/VIEW,1,-1,-1,1 !Use these values to change the view

/ZOOM,1,ON

/DEVICE,VECTOR,ON

/PLNSOL,EPEL,INT

SET,1,100

PLCRACK,1,1

[peteroznewman]

I don't think the mesh is fine enough to represent cracks. I think you need 10x or more elements in the location of highest stress than you have in this mesh.

[SEKER77]

Let me try it. I will inform you.