6B. Contour Plots

Directions are shown here to get contour plot of the bending stress, Sigma xx. It should be obvious how to get a contour plot of other relevant stress components.

MAIN MENU -> General Postproc

      GENERAL POSTPROC -> Plot Results

             PLOT RESULTS -> Contour Plot-nodal solu...

                   CONTOUR NODAL SOLUTION DATA -> Highlight Stress

                   CONTOUR NODAL SOLUTION DATA -> Highlight Y-direction SY

                   CONTOUR NODAL SOLUTION DATA -> OK





You can click on Def shape only or Def+undeforme. Then click OK.

This displays the results data as contoured stress lines across the model. You should now have a color representation of the stress of the plate similar to the Figure below.



Close PLOT RESULTS window.

Also you can make a contour plot of UY(displacement in Y direction) as well. Here is the result.