Preparing Analysis Objects

Set up scenes and reports to monitor the solution.

As this is a problem with cylindrical symmetry, it is useful to define a cylindrical coordinate system:
  1. Expand the Tools > Coordinate Systems > Laboratory node.
  2. Right-click the Local Coordinate Systems node and select New > Cylindrical.
  3. In the Edit in-place dialog, click Create then Close.
Set up a scalar scene to visualize the hoop stress, or cylindrical stress, σθ θ:
  1. Create a scalar scene and rename it to Hoop Stress.
  2. Select the Hoop Stress node and set Coordinate Systems to Laboratory > Cylindrical 1.
  3. Edit the Hoop Stress node and set the following properties:
    Node Property Setting
    Scalar 1 Contour Style Smooth Filled
    Parts Parts Parts > Plate
    Scalar Field Function Stress Tensor > Laboratory > Cylindrical 1 > theta,theta
Create a report for the maximum value of σxx:
  1. Right-click the Reports node and select New > User > Maximum.
  2. Rename the report, Maximum 1, to Stress tensor (ii) and set the following properties:
    Property Setting
    Scalar Field Function Stress Tensor > Laboratory > i,i
    Parts Parts > Plate (select the plate part and all its boundaries)
    Smooth Values Activated
Also, set up a reaction report to display the applied force and the reaction force:
  1. Right-click the Reports node and select New > Solid Stress > Sum Force.
  2. Select the Sum Force 1 node and set Parts to Parts > Plate.
Create a scalar scene for the plate displacement along the x axis, using a warp surface to visualize the deformed geometry. A warp surface is a derived part where the input surface point coordinates are moved along a selected vector multiplied by a specified scale factor.
  1. Create a scalar scene and rename it to Displacement.
  2. Right-click the derived parts node and select New Part > Warp > Vector Warp...
  3. In the Edit in-place dialog, set the following properties:
    Property Setting
    Input Parts Parts > Plate
    Vector Displacement
    Auto Scale Activated
    Display No Displayer
  4. Click Create then Close.
In the Displacement scalar scene, use a new surface displayer to visualize the original geometry, and the existing scalar displayer to visualize the warp surface:
  1. Right-click the Scenes > Displacement node and select New Displayer > Surface
  2. Edit the Displacement scene node and set the following properties:
    Node Property Setting
    Surface 1 Opacity 0.2
    Parts Parts Parts > Plate
    Scalar 1 Contour Style Smooth Filled
    Parts Parts Derived Parts > Vector Warp
    Scalar Field Function Displacement > Laboratory > i
    Units mm
Create a scalar scene to visualize the Von Mises stress.
  1. Create a scalar scene and rename it to Von Mises Stress.
  2. Edit the Scenes > Von Mises Stress node and set the following properties:
    Node Property Setting
    Scalar 1 Contour Style Smooth Filled
    Parts Parts Parts > Plate
    Scalar Field Function Stress Von Mises
  3. Save the simulation.