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From this, you can see that most of the plate is in constant stress, and there is a stress concentration around the hole. The more red areas correspond to a high (positive) stress and the bluer areas correspond to areas of lower (negative) stress. Let's use the probe tool to compare the ANSYS simulation to what we expected from calculation. In the menu bar, click probe; this will allow you to hover over the model and it will display the stress at each point.

Start by hovering over the area far from the hole. The stress is about 200,000 psi, which is about the value we would expect for a plate in tension from F/A (not considering the hole).