von Mises stress by Beam4

[apisaipan]

I'm new Ansys user, I have no idea how to get von Mises stress by beam4 element, and also how to show the result of that kind of stress.

I would be pleased if anyone of you could guide me through this problem.

Cheers.

 

[Drej]

To see the von Mises stress as a contour, in /post1 issue:

/eshap,1
plns,s,eqv ! nodal solution

(go to "Utility Menu>Plot>Results>Contour Plot>Nodal Solution" in the GUI)

or:

/eshap,1
ples,s,eqv ! element solution

(go to "Utility Menu>Plot>Results>Contour Plot>Element Solution" in the GUI)

To list the von Mises stress:

prns,s,eqv

or:

pres,s,eqv


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