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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

Post-ProcessingResults — Post-Processing Window

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.

von Mises Stress

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

Displacement

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.

Displacement Vectors

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

Last updated: June 4th, 2019

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