Hello, I'm working on a project where I need to extract all of the possible stress and strain information from the section nodes of a BEAM188 element, namely the section nodes around the inner and outer circumference of a CTUBE type cross-section at the I and J nodes of the BEAM188 element. I've set up my element settings with keyopt(3) = 3 (for cubic interpolation) and keyopt(4) = 2 (for shear and transverse forces). So far, I've successfully done this using the PRESOL command, which yields the text shown below when a single element is selected. I can then parse the text externally to extract out the stresses and strains I need. However, this method is slow and requires lots of text parsing, which isn't ideal. Are there any other ways to extract the same level of detail for BEAM188 element results?
PRESOL Output:
PRINT S ELEMENT SOLUTION PER ELEMENT
STRESSES AT BEAM SECTION NODAL POINTS
ELEMENT = 8 SECTION ID = 4300
ELEMENT NODE = 30
SEC NODE SXX SXZ SXY
1 0.39636E+007 -0.49251E+007 -35872.
3 0.48702E+007 -0.48112E+007 -0.12675E+006
12 0.50737E+007 -0.35775E+007 0.37684E+007
10 0.41334E+007 -0.36960E+007 0.37783E+007
13 0.11258E+007 -0.16764E+007 -0.19316E+007
15 0.14675E+007 -0.16065E+007 -0.21982E+007
24 0.19589E+007 0.24750E+006 0.31945E+007
22 0.15356E+007 70047. 0.31316E+007
25 -0.27178E+007 70047. 0.63369E+006
27 -0.31411E+007 0.24750E+006 0.19946E+006
36 -0.26496E+007 0.51133E+006 -80356.
34 -0.23079E+007 89866. -0.16531E+006
37 -0.53155E+007 -0.19297E+007 0.20121E+007
39 -0.62559E+007 -0.14597E+007 0.16506E+007
48 -0.60523E+007 -0.18162E+007 -0.12675E+006
46 -0.51457E+007 -0.24273E+007 -35872.
Max= 0.50737E+007 0.51133E+006 0.37783E+007
Min= -0.62559E+007 -0.49251E+007 -0.21982E+007
ELEMENT NODE = 40
SEC NODE SXX SXZ SXY
1 0.15983E+008 -0.49251E+007 -35872.
3 0.19282E+008 -0.48112E+007 -0.12675E+006
12 -0.46349E+007 -0.35775E+007 0.37684E+007
10 -0.39637E+007 -0.36960E+007 0.37783E+007
13 0.26221E+008 -0.16764E+007 -0.19316E+007
15 0.31558E+008 -0.16065E+007 -0.21982E+007
24 -0.26183E+008 0.24750E+006 0.31945E+007
22 -0.21935E+008 70047. 0.31316E+007
25 0.20753E+008 70047. 0.63369E+006
27 0.25001E+008 0.24750E+006 0.19946E+006
36 -0.32740E+008 0.51133E+006 -80356.
34 -0.27403E+008 89866. -0.16531E+006
37 0.27815E+007 -0.19297E+007 0.20121E+007
39 0.34528E+007 -0.14597E+007 0.16506E+007
48 -0.20464E+008 -0.18162E+007 -0.12675E+006
46 -0.17165E+008 -0.24273E+007 -35872.
Max= 0.31558E+008 0.51133E+006 0.37783E+007
Min= -0.32740E+008 -0.49251E+007 -0.21982E+007
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