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can I show a contour of max stress for all time steps?

can I show a contour of max stress for all time steps?

can I show a contour of max stress for all time steps?

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I want to show a contour of the maximum stress for all of the time steps. At time T2 element 1 could be at 60ksi but element 2 is 40. Then at T3 element 1 is 40ksi and 2 is at 60. I want to show a contour that shows both elements at 60 since that's the max they see over the entire time. Anyone know how to do this?

RE: can I show a contour of max stress for all time steps?

You can open your .odb file in CAE and then create a field output using this equation:

max(s1f0_S,s1f1_S,s1f2_S,s1f3_S,...,s1fn_S)

Here s1 refers to step 1 and f1, f2, f3, ... fn refer to frames 1,2,3,...n. This will create a field output which will be available in a temporary session step containing the maximum stress values. You'll get max values for the individual stress components as well as the derived values like Mises, Max Principal etc. You will have to include each individual frame in this equation by hand so better off to write a python script to do the same calculation by looping through the frames.

RE: can I show a contour of max stress for all time steps?

Tools > Create Field Output > From Frames

The CAE Manual explains the details.

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