{"id":391964,"date":"2024-10-30T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/extracting-bending-moment-and-shear-force-diagram-for-shell-elements\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T10:59:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T10:59:00","slug":"extracting-bending-moment-and-shear-force-diagram-for-shell-elements","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/extracting-bending-moment-and-shear-force-diagram-for-shell-elements\/","title":{"rendered":"Extracting Bending Moment and Shear Force Diagram for Shell Elements"},"content":{"rendered":"

<p>Hello,<\/p><p>I am currently having an issue.<\/p><p data-renderer-start-pos=”77″>I am currently using the 2021R1 version of ANSYS under a static structural project involving a three-cargo hold ship model. The model is composed of shell elements and beams, with connectivity established using the batch connection feature in ANSYS Mechanical’s mesh structure tree.<\/p><p data-renderer-start-pos=”410″>I have successfully obtained stress results and other outputs required for the analysis. However, I have not been able to extract the Bending Moment and Shear Force diagrams at transverse sections along the ship’s length.<\/p><p data-renderer-start-pos=”624″>These diagrams are essential as they are needed for subsequent loading adjustments based on the shear forces and bending moments I get from my analysis results.<\/p><p data-renderer-start-pos=”624″>\"Bending<\/p><p data-renderer-start-pos=”746″>After researching in many ANSYS forums and in the internet, I found from other FEA program that this is possible. For example, see relevant link:<\/p><p data-renderer-start-pos=”908″><span aria-expanded=”false” aria-haspopup=”true” data-testid=”hover-card-trigger-wrapper”><span class=”css-1cwva94″ data-testid=”inline-card-icon-and-title”><span class=”css-1lcr4h8″><\/span><span class=”smart-link-title-wrapper css-0″>How to make free-body cuts of your model in Abaqus – TecnoDigital School<\/span><\/span><\/a><br><br><\/span>I was unable to find a similar feature in the ANSYS. The Shear Forces and Bending Moments must be produced by the stresses \/ nodal forces occured in the model.<\/p><p data-renderer-start-pos=”1083″>Could you advise if there is a way to implement a procedure to obtain these diagrams in ANSYS?<\/p><p data-renderer-start-pos=”1182″>I have attached screenshots showing an example of the bending moment and shear force diagrams I aim to achieve for longitudinal sections of the ship with transverse cross-sections and my ship model in ANSYS. Note that my model is only a three cargo hold mode, thus not all the structure of the ship has been modelled.\"Ship<\/p><p data-renderer-start-pos=”1504″>Thank you.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-391964","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-mechanicalworkbench-1","topic-tag-2021-r1-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t