Numerical Results

Deformed Shape

The following video shows how to plot the deformed shape and use it to check if the displacement constraints have been applied correctly.

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Summary of steps in the above video:

  1. Under the tree, highlight Solution
  2. Select Deformation > Total Deformation
  3. Solve

Sigma_x Contours

We next take a look at 

 $\sigma_x$
variation in the model.

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Summary of steps in the above video:

  1. Under the tree, highlight Solution
  2. Select Stress > Normal Stress
  3. Check that it is in the X direction and rename to sigma_x
  4. Solve

You can save an image of the contours to a file using the instructions below.

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It's incredibly hard to describe in words where this button is located. Watch the video and skip to 0:18 for the location. OR use the snipping tool.

 

Below, we take a closer look at the 

 $\sigma_x$
variation on the front face and compare it to what we expect from beam bending theory.

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Summary of steps in the above video:

  1. Next to Probe, click on Max and Min to enable the location of highest and lowest normal stress in the x direction

 

We interrogate 

 $\sigma_x$
variation in the interior of the model using "section planes".

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Sigma_x along a Line using "Path" Operations

First, we create two coordinate systems which we'll use to define the start and end points of the line.

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Second, we create the desired line on the front face.

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Last, we extract 

 $\sigma_x$
along the line and export the results to an Excel file.

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