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[LCP]

Hello,

I am running a model with one element, and giving it anisotropic, nonlinear behaviour.

In order to check my results, I need the stress values in the centerpoint of this element.

How do I do this?

Kind regards,

[peteroznewman]

What element type have you used?

[LCP]

I have used element type SOLID185, meaning that there's 8 nodes.

[peteroznewman]

If you are using Mechanical to view results, you would set the Display Option to Elemental Mean.
Contrast that with the default result display which is set to Averaged, though in the image below, I changed the Average Across Bodies to Yes since a solid of uniform material was sliced into blocks then Shared to make a hex mesh.

[LCP]

Thank you for the response! Is there also a command for APDL usage?

[peteroznewman]

I don't know APDL, but it would be a post-processing command. Take a look in the Ansys Help system.

[Salem Obaid]

Averaged,--> does that mean, I would get one result of one integration point ?