Doubts about units in abaqus. 2

[P.L.M]

if I set my 2D model in the following units:

mass: ton
size: mm
force: N
stress: MPa

When I analyze CPRESS, what is the unit of results?

A second question, is it possible for me to plot a maximum pressure plot on the model vs time?

 

[Erik Panos Kostson]

You remember the LS Dyna consistent units link, according to your units (Nmm), pressure/stress both have units of N/mm2=MPa.

About the second question I am not sure, hopefully someone else knows.

Cheers

 

[Mustaine3]

First question is already answered.

For the second question:
I don't see a standard solution for that, since the location of the maximum CPRESS is probably changing during the simulation. But a Python script could do this. And I think it should not be too hard to create it. It is basically a script like the example in the Scripting Manual, but now with an additional loop over the result frames. And when the data are queried, then it can be added as table in A/CAE and displayed as curve.

What is possible with existing methods:
- Visualize a result for one location in an xy-plot
- Search the maximum result over all frames and visualize them in one contour plot