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Can someone explain how do mentat calculate the stress in a common node?

if node 1 belongs to four element, the element stress on node 1 will have four different values. To keep the stress contour smooth in node 1, I always set the nodal average  button on, How do Mentat nodal average works?  Is the average value should be in range of the Max and Min element stress in this node? Thanks​