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MNF Stress and Strain Contour in Animation and Postprocessor

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MNF Stress and Strain Contour in Animation and Postprocessor

MNF Stress and Strain Contour in Animation and Postprocessor

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hi

I have developed a MNF File for the rear twist beam and it works well. The thing is that it shows the deformation contour when I want to see the animation or in the postprocessor.

How can I see the stress Contour? Mind you I have tried the postprocessor contour label and I can't find the Stress in the menu bar...



Thanks in advance
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RE: MNF Stress and Strain Contour in Animation and Postprocessor

I don't do any of that but if you change the contour plot type that you MIGHT see stress.

If so I am baffled because an MNF is basically a fancy stiffness/mass matrix, it isn't a detailed model of the structure. I would guess that you normally take the time histories of forces or displacement at the interface nodes and use those to drive your original FEM.

Cheers

Greg Locock


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RE: MNF Stress and Strain Contour in Animation and Postprocessor

Did you request output of the GRID point stresses when you generated the MNF file?
DG

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