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Advanced X-Sectional Results: Using Paths to Post Process Results

Introduction
This tutorial was created using ANSYS 7.0 The purpose of this tutorial is to create and use 'paths' to provide extra detail during post processing. For example, one may want to determine the effects of stress concentrators along a certain path. Rather than plotting the entire contour plot, a plot of the stress along that path can be made.

In this tutorial, a steel plate measuring 100 mm X 200 mm X 10 mm will be used. Three holes are drilled through the vertical centerline of the plate. The plate is constrained in the y-direction at the bottom and a uniform, distributed load is pulling on the top of the plate.

ANSYS Command Listing

finish /clear /title, Defining Paths /PREP7 ! create geometry BLC4,0,0,200,100

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cyl4,50,50,10 cyl4,100,50,10 cyl4,150,50,10 asba,1,all et,1,plane2,,,3 R,1,10 mp,ex,1,200000 mp,prxy,1,0.3 esize,5 amesh,all finish /solu ! apply constraints lsel,s,loc,y,0 dl,all,,UY allsel ! apply loads allsel lsel,s,loc,y,100 SFL,all,PRES,-2000/10 allsel solve finish ! plot results /window,1,top /POST1 PLNSOL,S,eqv,2,1 /window,1,off /noerase /window,2,bot nsel,all nsel,s,loc,y,50 path,cutline,2,,1000 ppath,1,,0,50 ppath,2,,200,50 PDEF,,S,eqv,AVG nsel,all PLPAGM,SEQV,200,NODE ! select line for contraint application ! constrain all DOF's on this face ! ! ! ! Plane element thickness of plane Young's Modulus Poisson's ratio

! mesh size ! area mesh

! restore entire selection ! apply a pressure load on a line ! solve resulting system of equations

! define a window (top half of screen) ! plot stress in xx direction (deformed and undeformed edge)

! ! ! ! !

define define choose define define

a window (bottom half of screen) nodes to define path nodes half way through structure a path labeled cutline endpoint nodes on path

! calculate equivalent stress on path ! show graph on plot with nodes

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