RESULTS ELEMENT Attribute [Component] [Complex_part]

                  

This command is used to specify the elementwise attribute and component of analysis results required for assessment. In general the names of the attributes and components will be user-defined, and these will be offered in the form of a menu in a similar way to the standard commands available in FEMVIEW..

Elementwise results in FEMVIEW are taken to mean sets of results submitted on an elementwise basis corresponding to the values at the nodes for each of the elements. Since the value at a given node for an element may differ from the value at that node for an adjacent element, a display of contours will tend to exhibit discontinuities at element boundaries.

For selection of the required surface see also the RESULTS RANGE command. If no surface is specified, and results are available at more than one surface, the default condition is that values for the first surface will be selected.

For components which are complex an optional function can be specified by the user to produce a real value that can be presented. If the complex number is represented by x + iy the functions that can be applied are:

Complex_part Comments Equation used

REAL Produces the real component of the complex x number. (This is the default if no function is specified)

IMAGINARY Produces the complex component of the y complex number.

$$\theta x\cos\theta + y\sin\theta$$ Resolves the complex number at a given

$$\theta \theta$$

$$\sqrt{x^{2}+y^{2}}$$ MAGNITUDE Produces the magnitude of the complex number.

$$\tan ^{-1}(y/x)$$ PHASE Calculates the phase angle of the complex number. The angle returned is in the range

$$\pm 180$$

Notes:

1.

It is possible to define results that have no `Component' names; for example, Von Mises stress.

Examples:

1.

RESULTS ELEMENT STRESS S11

This selects the S11 component of the stress results for the current loadcase

See also the following commands

'RESULTS LOADCASE'
'RESULTS RANGE'
'UTILITY TABULATE RESULTS'