Tutorial: Post-processing Solid Mechanics Simulations
Find below an example on how the simulation results of a stress analysis of a connecting rod is analyzed.
- Choose any completed Run and then click on the Post-process results button to load the results on the viewer
- The available result datasets are all listed on the left in the tree
- Clicking on the specific result that we want to visualize loads it into the 3D viewer
- For example, to check the von Mises stress on our model, click on the Results and then select the von Mises stress from the Scalar list below.
- As a next step, the displacement field can be displayed as a color plot
- The color scale corresponds to the distribution of von Mises stress in our model
- To visualize other physical quantities of the results, for example the displacement field across the rod by again switching the field on top of the viewer
- The colors already give a qualitative understanding of the displacement field. Red indicates large displacement while blue stands for small.
- As a last step, a qualitative feedback on the displacement field can be visualized by plotting the displacement vectors.
- Click on the Results, then toggle on the Displacement under the VEC option.
- You can now continue analyzing the dataset for example by visualizing more color fields such as the von Mises stress or strain or by applying additional filters