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~PLCSSTR

 

~PLCSSTR, Lab, NUM, KeyIJ, Item

Plots stresses and elastic strains inside the section

POST1: Beam Utilities

Lab

Label identifying the type of entity to be drawn.

BEAM

Beam elements

SOLSEC

Solid sections

NUM

Number of entity to be drawn. NUM values depend on values assigned to Lab:

Lab

NUM

Description

BEAM

N

Number of beam element

SOLSEC

N

Number of solid section

KeyIJ

Beam element end for which it is to be drawn. It’s ignored for solid sections.

I

I section

J

J section

Item

Code identifying the type of stress or strain to be drawn.

SX

X stresses. Default value.

SY

Y stresses.

SZ

Z stresses.

SXY

XY stresses.

SYZ

YZ stresses.

SZX

XZ stresses.

EPX

X elastic strains.

EPY

Y elastic strains.

EPZ

Z elastic strains.

EPXY

XY elastic strains.

EPYZ

YZ elastic strains.

EPZX

XZ elastic strains.

Notes

- For beam element ends only stresses and strains along X are available.

- Command ~GRCSSTR can be used to export the plotted results to a graphics file.

Menu Paths

Main Menu > CIVIL Postprocessor > Beam Utilities > GRAPH RESULTS: Stresses

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