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Ansys 13 - Finding Envelope Stresses

Ansys 13 - Finding Envelope Stresses

Ansys 13 - Finding Envelope Stresses

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I have an FE model in Ansys 13.0 Multiphysics utility which has 48 Load Steps. I want to find the envelope von mises stresses for each node in the model (absolute maximum value at each node out of the 48 runs), but I am not sure exactly how to do that.
I found a macro on the ansys website which finds a single absolute maximum stress value for the entire model, but I don't want that, I want a maximum value for each node. Could someone please tell me if/how this can be done?
I have attached the macro that I found on the ansys website.

Much appreciated!

RE: Ansys 13 - Finding Envelope Stresses

Have a try with this macro, it seemed to work for me.
I'm sure it can be done shorter and cleaner but I'm brushing up on my APDL skills
The results will be written to stresses.txt
I've added a third column to indicate the load step in which the maximum von mises stress is achieved.
bye

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