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[Mdiogocarvalho]

Hi Everyone,

I exported tables with principle stresses in elements (solid elements 187), with the Command ETABLE (e.g. ETABLE,tablename,S,1,AVG). Based on the results such as the maximums, I defined thresholds. I wanted to see graphically which elements are above ( or below ) the thresholds I defined. Is it possible to do this with the PLNSOL command, or something similar?

Thank you!

[Govindan Nagappan]

Mdiogocarvalho
You can use nsel to select nodes within stress range
Example:
nsel,s,S,1,100,200 !select nodes with 1st principal stress value between 100 and 200 units
esln !select elements attached to nodes
You can then plot the elements(eplot) and create contour plots(plnsol or plsesol)

[mrife]

please see the Ansys Help, Mechanical APDL Command Guide entry on the ESEL command. It has an option to select elements based on an ETABLE value.
MIke

[Mdiogocarvalho]

Thank you !
With this approach, is there any problem if the are selecting and sorting using nodal results, while setting tresholds based on Element Averaged Results ?
Also, perhaps instead of plotting with PLNSOL or PLESOL, PLETAB would be more correct, considering the results were gathered using ETABLE. Just a thought for discussion.

[Mdiogocarvalho]

. I'm just now having a go a this , I think it might work. Thank you!!