12.3 Further work

12.3 Further work

In preparation for the exercises, switch locate off, labelling off and model deformation off

LABEL MESH OFF;EYE LOCATE OFF;VIEW OPTIONS DEFORM OFF

Try to complete the following exercises without reference to the solutions that are offered. Begin by tabulating the loadcases

UTILITY TABULATE LOADCASES

Exercise 1

Select NODAL STRESS YY and contour with 10 levels using contour lines annotated every third contour

RESULTS LOADCASE L1

RESULTS NODAL S YY

PRESENT OPTIONS CONTOUR LINES

PRESENT OPTIONS CONTOUR LINES ANNOTATE 3

PRESENT CONTOUR LEVELS 10

Exercise 2

With annotation on every sixth line contour using a datum of zero and steps of 10000, display a contour plot

PRESENT OPTIONS CONTOUR LINES ANNOTATE 6;

PRESENT CONTOUR DATUM 0 STEPS 10000

Exercise 3

Using contour fill, contour this same range using reversed colour

PRESENT OPTIONS CONTOUR FILL

PRESENT CONTOUR FROM 30000 TO -20000 STEPS -10000

Exercise 4

Repeat this with gausian results and observe the discontinuities

RESULTS GAUSSIAN G SYY

PRESENT CONTOUR FROM 30000 TO -20000 STEPS -10000

You can zoom in if you like

Exercise 5

Select the results calculation of Von Mises stress from the gaussian results and display 10 contour levels

		RESULTS CALCULATE VONMISES
		PRESENT CONTOUR LEVELS 10 Eleven colours are used

Exercise 6

Using FROM, TO, and STEP, contour the values from 0 to .15E6 obtaining a reasonable number of colours

PRESENT CONTOUR FROM 0 TO .15E6 STEPS 1000

Try again

PRESENT CONTOUR FROM 0 TO .15E6 STEPS 10000

Try some others

Exercise 7

Using contour lines, display ten levels of Y displacement

UTILITY TABULATE LOADCASES

RESULTS NODAL D Y

EYE FRAME;

PRESENT CONTOUR LEVELS 10

Exercise 8

Switching annotation off display the maximum number of contours

PRESENT OPTIONS CONTOUR LINES;

PRESENT OPTIONS CONTOUR LINES ANNOTATE OFF;

PRESENT CONTOUR LEVELS 100

Exercise 9

Using keyline set to 10 and annotation set to 6 redisplay these 100 contours

PRESENT OPTIONS CONTOUR LINES KEYLINE 10;

PRESENT OPTIONS CONTOUR LINES ANNOTATE 6

Exercise 10

Display 10 levels of contour of gaussian stress SXY adjusting keyline and annotation to the default settings

UTILITY TABULATE LOADCASES

RESULTS GAUSSIAN G SXY

PRESENT OPTIONS CONTOUR LINES KEYLINE 1;

PRESENT OPTIONS CONTOUR LINES ANNOTATE 5;

PRESENT CONTOUR LEVELS 10

Exercise 11

Using contour fill on the maximum value of calculated Von Mises stress colour fill as if you were using all the contour colours on a 16 colour graphics device

PRESENT OPTIONS CONTOUR FILL MAX

RESULTS CALCULATE VONMISES

PRESENT CONTOUR LEVELS 13

Exercise 12

Display the constraints and 2D vectors of the applied loads

RESULTS OFF

LABEL MESH CONSTRNTS

RESULTS NODAL END ALL

PRESENT OPTIONS VECTORS 2D-HEADS

PRESENT VECTORS