Presentation of Results

The presentation of analysis results is performed by the FEMVIEW program module. A loadcase, attribute and component of analysis results may be selected for assessment. The actual names of the results are defined by the user and so can be tailored to the particular type of analysis being performed. Static, dynamic and non-linear analyses are catered for; and results may be submitted as values at the nodes for averaged nodal results, or element wise at the nodes of each element if discontinuities at the element boundaries are to be examined, or as values at Gauss points within the elements or as a single value per element. Where appropriate, FEMVIEW allows these analysis results to be presented in the following ways:

• as numerical values superimposed on the model,
• as numerical values tabulated to the screen,
• as numerical values tabulated to a file for printing,
• as contour plots, using line contours or colour fill,
• as vector plots, including principal stress vector plots,
• as graph plots showing variation at a node over loadcases,
• as graph plots showing variation along a line of nodes,
• as displaced shape plots,
• as bending moment and shear force diagrams,
• and maximum and minimum values may be highlighted.

 

Figure 1.1: Filled Contours