{"id":391491,"date":"2024-10-27T10:48:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T10:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/stress-display-for-topbottom-is-not-matching-with-individual-top-surface\/"},"modified":"2024-10-27T10:48:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T10:48:35","slug":"stress-display-for-topbottom-is-not-matching-with-individual-top-surface","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/stress-display-for-topbottom-is-not-matching-with-individual-top-surface\/","title":{"rendered":"Stress Display for Top\/Bottom is Not Matching with Individual &#8216;Top&#8217; Surface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am a simple static analysis for column with second order shell element. Forces and moments are applied at the top and the bottom end is fixed.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/27-10-2024-1730025508-Capture1.PNG\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When I displayed the Von Mises stress using &lt;span style=&#8221;text-decoration: underline;&#8221;&gt;<strong>Elemental Mean<\/strong>&lt;\/span&gt; for Top\/Bottom surface, the maximum stress of 172.13 MPa is lower than the stress if taken for TOP surface only (255.16 MPa). My understanding is Top\/Bottom should display the maximum between the 2 surfaces. For Nodal Average Top\/Bottom, it is dislaying the maximum of the 2 surfaces. May I know the reason for this? Is there any option that I need to select to display the maximum stress under Top\/Bottom?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/27-10-2024-1730025711-Capture2.PNG\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/27-10-2024-1730025758-Capture3.PNG\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-391491","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["438524","240"],"_bbp_author_ip":["60.49.69.57"],"_btv_view_count":["416"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["391491"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","438524"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["391516"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["391516"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-10-27 18:22:36"]},"test":"choo-fuhsienworley-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/391491","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\/391491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}