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The Results Viewer provides a convenient way to review results.
Main Menu > General Postproc > Results Viewer
The title bar for the Results Viewer indicates that the results are being read from the shell.rst file. Rearrange the windows slightly so that you can access the Results Viewer, ANSYS GUI and tutorial simultaneously.
Under Choose a result item, select Nodal Solution > DOF Solution > Displaced structure. Click on the Plot Results icon.
Hold down the Ctrl key and use the mouse to manipulate the model view;check that the BC's and loads have been imposed correctly. The snapshot below shows one view that is useful in checking the BC's. Are the symmetry and clamped conditions satisfied at the corresponding edges for the facesheet as well as the stiffeners? Is the model deformation as you'd expect for a uniform pressure on the facesheet in the +z direction?

The maximum displacement DMX=3.88 mm. Where do you think this occurs? We'll check this in a minute.
Animate the defromation and obsessively recheck the BC's:
Results Viewer > Animate Results > Deformed Shape > OK > Def + undef edge > OK
Select Forward Only in the Animation Controller.

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Results Viewer > Nodal Solution > Stress > Y-Component of stress
Click Plot Results icon. The snapshot below shows the σ_yy contours.

Using Query Results, I get the following values for the bottom of the facesheet (see snapshot above):

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Results Viewer > Nodal Solution > Stress > Y-Component of stress
Click Plot Results icon.

The σ_yy values for the stiffeners in the x-direction is virtually zero; confirm this using Query Results. This means that, as expected, the load in the y-direction is carried by the stiffeners in that direction.
Let's determine σ_yy values at the top of the y-stiffener closest to the center which we'll compare to plate theory in Step 9. Using Query Results, I get the following values at the top of the stiffener (see snapshot above):

1. At (x=W₁/4, y=0), σ_yy= 38 MPa.
2. At the clamped edge location (x=W₁/4, y=L₁), σ_yy= -300 MPa. What are your corresponding values?

   Save: Toolbar > SAVE_DB

Go to Step 9:Validate the results Results

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