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Stress Tensor results for an element have Z1 and Z2 layers. How do I combine those? I'm trying to survey the bypass loading in an area.

elijah.d.lamppin.civ over 1 year ago

Here is a sample of one load case (there are scores of them) for the Z1 and Z2 layers.

Can you merge the Z1 and Z2 layers into one result for all of the load cases, and output that into a report file?

Z1 Layer

-Source ID--Entity ID--El. Pos. ID--Y Component--

1 8984430 3 4670.561523

Z2 Layer

-Source ID--Entity ID--El. Pos. ID--X Component--

1 8984429 3 12016.151367

0 Arthur Hickson over 1 year ago

Hi, I took a look at this and though Patran will allow you to average both layers whilst doing (e.g.) a fringe plot I could not see a way to do it for the report and all load cases.

Can you rerun the analysis and request Element Force output (FORCE(SORT1,REAL,BILIN)=ALL) as this will probably give you what you want directly as the force at the middle. Note this is force per unit length so dividing by the shell thickness will give you an equivalent stress value.
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