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[Fady Elshazly]

Hello, 

 

I am trying to show beam strains and stresses in LS-DYNA but it does not show any values. However, it shows forces for these elements.

or what are the steps i should follow to record and read stress and strain for beam?

Thanks

[Ushnish Basu]

Use an integrated beam formulation, e.g. the type 1 beam, and set BEAMIP and STRFLG in DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY

[Ushnish Basu]

Actually, to get axial strains, set BEAMIP to the number of integration points for the section. Then, after running the model, read d3plot into LS-PrePost and click   History > Int.Pt. > Etype: Beams > (click on any beam element) > Axial Strain > Plot.