{"id":428310,"date":"2025-04-08T15:53:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ansys-dpf-stress-linearization\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T15:53:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:53:34","slug":"ansys-dpf-stress-linearization","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ansys-dpf-stress-linearization\/","title":{"rendered":"Ansys DPF Stress Linearization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;I am trying to automate stress linearization using Ansys DPF (in Mechanical 2024 R1).&nbsp; I figured out how to do this in DPF (discritize the path, get those coordinates, get the stress along those points, and linearize).&nbsp; When I compare the results of Mechanical (Linearized Stress object for the Path) to what I calculate with DPF, I am getting slightly different results.&nbsp; It seems that the discritized stress along the path (say Sxx in this case) is different than what Mechanical is giving.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I know when you plot a normal stress in Mechanical (not linearized), you can choose different types of averaging of the results.&nbsp; I don&#8217;t see that option for the linearized object.&nbsp; So my question is: what is the difference between what DPF is doing versus what mechanical is doing to obtain the stress along the path at the discritized locations?&nbsp; Below is a snapshot of the DPF portion of the script for reference.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/08-04-2025-1744127563-mceclip0.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-428310","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27796"],"_bbp_topic_id":["428310"],"_bbp_author_ip":["69.64.197.94"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["428427"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["428427"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-04-09 12:52:53"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["266147","3085"],"_btv_view_count":["269"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_subscription":["266147","3085"],"_bbp_notification_enabled":["521494"]},"test":"m-littleholtec-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/428310","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\/428310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}