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Stress in midside nodes of plane 8-node elements

Thread starter BTHS
Start date Oct 3, 2017

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Oct 3, 2017

BTHS

Mechanical

Hi

It is not possible to get the midside nodal stress values for a plane 8-node element in ansys apdl. Ive read in other forums that this is because the data is redundant. Do you agree and if so, why? The displacements are of a quadratic formulation, but isn't that also true for stress. I cannot seem to find a source clearly stating either one or the other. Help is much appreciated.

Best regards,
BTHS