{"id":315222,"date":"2023-11-07T11:17:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T11:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-interpret-negative-maximum-and-minimum-principal-stress-values\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T11:17:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T11:17:32","slug":"how-to-interpret-negative-maximum-and-minimum-principal-stress-values","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-interpret-negative-maximum-and-minimum-principal-stress-values\/","title":{"rendered":"How to interpret Negative maximum and minimum principal stress values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone, I am performing a normal static structural simualtion and want to see the principle stress values. If we assume that the maximum principal stress is Tensile and Min principal Stress is compressive, then what do the negative and positive values in both the results specify. Please find below screenshot for your refrence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/07-11-2023-1699355751-max principal stress.PNG\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/07-11-2023-1699355784-min principal stress.PNG\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kind regards<\/p>\n<p>Subhav<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-315222","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["292117","240"],"_bbp_author_ip":["104.102.248.140"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["4904"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["315222"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","292117"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["315262"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["315262"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-11-07 14:06:39"]},"test":"subhav-goelstud-h-da-de"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/315222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/315222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}