PLNSOL
PLNSOL,
Item, Comp,
KUND, Fact,
FileID, Avg,
DataKey
Displays solution results as continuous element contours.
ItemLabel identifying the item. Valid item labels are shown in the table below. Some items also require a component label. For selected result output, specify SRES and see Table 217: PLNSOL - Selected Result (SRES) Component Labels.
CompComponent of the item (if required). Valid component labels are shown in the table below.
KUNDUndisplaced shape key:
0
—
Do not overlay undeformed structure display.
1
—
Overlay displaced contour plot with undeformed display (appearance is system-dependent).
2
—
Overlay displaced contour plot with undeformed edge display (appearance is system-dependent).
FactScale factor for 2D display for contact items. Default value is 1. A negative scaling factor inverts the display.
FileIDThe file index number (obtained via NLDIAG,NRRE,ON). Valid only for
Item= NRRE.AvgSpecifies whether random acoustic results are averaged. Valid only for
Item= U and PRES.(blank)
—
No averaging (default).
AVG
—
Display averaged results for random acoustics.
DataKeyKey to specify which data is plotted:
AUTO
—
Nodal-averaged results are used, if available; otherwise, the element-based data is used, if available. (Default.)
ESOL
—
Only element-based results are used. If they are not available, the command is ignored.
NAR
—
Only nodal-averaged results are used. If they are not available, the command is ignored.
Notes
PLNSOL displays the solution results as continuous contours across element boundaries for the selected nodes and elements.
For example, PLNSOL,S,X displays the X component of stress S (that is, the SX stress component). Various element results depend upon the recalculation method and the selected results location (AVPRIN, RSYS, LAYER, SHELL, and NSEL).
Contours are determined by linear interpolation within each element from the nodal values, averaged at a node whenever two or more elements connect to the same node. (The exception is FMAG, which is summed at the node.)
For reinforcing elements
(REINFnnn), contours are determined by interpolation within each
reinforcing member of reinforcing elements from the results of the base elements. Element
results of members within the same reinforcing element are smoothed based on the order of its
base element. PLNSOL displays constant results for a reinforcing element if
the base elements are low-order, and linear results when the base elements are
high-order.
For PowerGraphics displays (/GRAPHICS,POWER), results are plotted for the model exterior surface only. Items not supported by PowerGraphics are noted in Table 216: PLNSOL - Valid Item and Component Labels.
To plot midside nodes, first issue /EFACET,2.
If nodal-averaged results
(OUTRES,NAR or another nodal-averaged label) are in the database, then PLNSOL uses the
nodal-averaged data for the applicable items (S, EPEL, EPPL, EPCR, EPTH, EPSW) by default. You
can change this behavior via the DataKey argument. Keep these
points in mind when using nodal-averaged results:
The LAYER and RSYS,SOLU commands are not valid with nodal-averaged results. If these commands are used, the element solution is plotted instead if applicable.
Issuing ESEL before plotting nodal-averaged results has no effect on the output.
PowerGraphics is supported. The output is equivalent to the full model graphics output, but only the appropriate surface nodes are plotted. See Postprocessing Nodal-Averaged Results in the Element Reference.)
For Item = SRES, selected result
(OSRESULT) values are output. See Table 217: PLNSOL - Selected Result (SRES) Component Labels.
Table 216: PLNSOL - Valid Item and Component Labels
General Item and Component
Labels PLNSOL, Item, Comp | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Comp | Description | ||||
| Valid item and component labels for nodal degree of freedom results are: | ||||||
| U | X, Y, Z, SUM | X, Y, or Z structural displacement or vector sum. | ||||
| ROT | X, Y, Z, SUM | X, Y, or Z structural rotation or vector sum. | ||||
| TEMP[a][b] | Temperature. | |||||
| PRES | Pressure. | |||||
| GFV1, GFV2, GFV3 | Nonlocal field values 1, 2, and 3. | |||||
| VOLT | Electric potential. | |||||
| MAG | Magnetic scalar potential. | |||||
| CONC | Concentration. [c] | |||||
| V | X, Y, Z, SUM | X, Y, or Z fluid velocity or vector sum in a fluid analysis. | ||||
| A | X, Y, Z, SUM | X, Y, or Z magnetic vector potential or vector sum in an electromagnetic analysis. | ||||
| VEL | X, Y, Z, SUM | X, Y, or Z velocity or vector sum in a structural transient dynamic analysis (ANTYPE,TRANS). | ||||
| ACC | X, Y, Z, SUM | X, Y, or Z acceleration or vector sum in a structural transient dynamic analysis (ANTYPE,TRANS). | ||||
| OMG | X, Y, Z, SUM | X, Y, or Z rotational velocity or vector sum in a structural transient dynamic analysis (ANTYPE,TRANS). | ||||
| DMG | X, Y, Z, SUM | X, Y, or Z rotational acceleration or vector sum in a structural transient dynamic analysis (ANTYPE,TRANS). | ||||
| WARP | Warping. | |||||
| NRRE | FX, FY, FZ, FNRM, MX, MY, MZ, MNRM | Plot the Newton-Raphson residuals from the file you obtained via the NLDIAG,NRRE,ON command. The FNRM and MNRM labels are computed as the square root of the sum of the squares of the residual component forces or moments (FX,FY,FZ, MX, MY, MZ).[d] | ||||
| When KUND = 0, use the absolute value of the residual from the files (default). | ||||||
| SPL | Sound pressure level. | |||||
| SPLA | A-weighted sound pressure level (dBA). | |||||
| VNS | Normal velocity on the structural surface.[e] | |||||
| ENKE | Acoustic diffusion energy density | |||||
| Valid item and component labels for element results are: | ||||||
| S | X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, XZ | Component stress.[f] | ||||
| 1, 2, 3 | Principal stress.[f] | |||||
| INT | Stress intensity.[f] | |||||
| EQV | Equivalent stress.[f] | |||||
| EPEL | X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, XZ | Component elastic strain.[f] | ||||
| 1, 2, 3 | Principal elastic strain.[f] | |||||
| INT | Elastic strain intensity.[f] | |||||
| EQV | Elastic equivalent strain.[f] | |||||
| EPTH | X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, XZ | Component thermal strain.[f] | ||||
| 1, 2, 3 | Principal thermal strain.[f] | |||||
| INT | Thermal strain intensity.[f] | |||||
| EQV | Thermal equivalent strain.[f] | |||||
| EPDI | X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, XZ | Component diffusion strain.[c] | ||||
| 1, 2, 3 | Principal diffusion strain. | |||||
| INT | Diffusion strain intensity. | |||||
| EQV | Diffusion equivalent strain. | |||||
| EPPL | X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, XZ | Component plastic strain.[f] | ||||
| 1, 2, 3 | Principal plastic strain.[f] | |||||
| INT | Plastic strain intensity.[f] | |||||
| EQV | Plastic equivalent strain.[f] | |||||
| EPCR | X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, XZ | Component creep strain.[f] | ||||
| 1, 2, 3 | Principal creep strain.[f] | |||||
| INT | Creep strain intensity.[f] | |||||
| EQV | Creep equivalent strain.[f] | |||||
| EPSW | Swelling strain.[f] | |||||
| EPTO | X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, XZ | Component total mechanical strain (EPEL + EPPL + EPCR). | ||||
| 1, 2, 3 | Principal total mechanical strain. | |||||
| INT | Total mechanical strain intensity. | |||||
| EQV | Total mechanical equivalent strain. | |||||
| EPTT | X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, XZ | Component total mechanical, thermal, diffusion, and swelling strain (EPEL + EPPL + EPCR + EPTH + EPDI + EPSW). | ||||
| 1, 2, 3 | Principal total, mechanical, thermal, diffusion, and swelling strain. | |||||
| INT | Total mechanical, thermal, diffusion, and swelling strain intensity. | |||||
| EQV | Total mechanical, thermal, diffusion, and swelling equivalent strain. | |||||
| ESIG | X,Y,Z,XY,YZ,ZX | Components of Biot’s effective stress. | ||||
| 1, 2, 3 | Principal stresses of Biot’s effective stress. | |||||
| INT | Stress intensity of Biot’s effective stress. | |||||
| EQV | Equivalent stress of Biot’s effective stress. | |||||
| DPAR | TPOR | Total porosity (Gurson material model). | ||||
| GPOR | Porosity due to void growth. | |||||
| NPOR | Porosity due to void nucleation. | |||||
| NL | SEPL | Equivalent stress (from stress-strain curve). | ||||
| SRAT | Stress state ratio. | |||||
| HPRES | Hydrostatic pressure. | |||||
| EPEQ | Accumulated equivalent plastic strain. | |||||
| CREQ | Accumulated equivalent creep strain. | |||||
| PSV | Plastic state variable. | |||||
| PLWK | Plastic work/volume. | |||||
| SEND | ELASTIC[g] | Elastic strain energy density. (For viscoelastic and sintering materials, the stored energy.) | ||||
| PLASTIC | Plastic strain energy density. | |||||
| CREEP | Creep strain energy density. | |||||
| DAMAGE | Damage strain energy density. | |||||
| VDAM[g] | Viscoelastic dissipation energy density. | |||||
| VREG | Visco-regularization strain energy density. | |||||
| DISS | Structural-thermal dissipation. | |||||
| ENTO | Total strain energy density (sum of ELASTIC, PLASTIC, and CREEP strain energy densities). | |||||
| CDM | DMG | Damage variable. | ||||
| LM | Maximum previous strain energy for virgin material. | |||||
| FAIL | MAX | Maximum of all active failure criteria defined at the current location. (See FCTYP.)[c][h] | ||||
| EMAX | Maximum Strain Failure Criterion.[c][h] | |||||
| SMAX | Maximum Stress Failure Criterion.[c][h] | |||||
| TWSI | Tsai-Wu Strength Index Failure Criterion.[c][h] | |||||
| TWSR | Inverse of Tsai-Wu Strength Ratio Index Failure Criterion.[c][h] | |||||
| HFIB | Hashin Fiber Failure Criterion.[c][h][i] | |||||
| HMAT | Hashin Matrix Failure Criterion.[c][h][i] | |||||
| PFIB | Puck Fiber Failure Criterion.[c][h][i] | |||||
| PMAT | Puck Matrix Failure Criterion.[c][h][i] | |||||
| L3FB | LaRc03 Fiber Failure Criterion.[c][h][i] | |||||
| L3MT | LaRc03 Matrix Failure Criterion.[c][h][i] | |||||
| L4FB | LaRc04 Fiber Failure Criterion.[c][h][i] | |||||
| L4MT | LaRc04 Matrix Failure Criterion.[c][h][i] | |||||
| USR1, USR2, ..., USR9 | User-defined failure criteria.[c][h][i][j] | |||||
| PFC | MAX[k] | Maximum of all failure criteria defined at current location. | ||||
| FT[k] | Fiber tensile failure criteria. | |||||
| FC[k] | Fiber compressive failure criteria. | |||||
| MT[k] | Matrix tensile failure criteria. | |||||
| MC[k] | Matrix compressive failure criteria. | |||||
| PDMG | STAT | Damage status (0 = undamaged, 1 = damaged, 2 = completely damaged). | ||||
| FT | Fiber tensile damage variable. | |||||
| FC | Fiber compressive damage variable. | |||||
| MT | Matrix tensile damage variable. | |||||
| MC | Matrix compressive damage variable. | |||||
| S | Shear damage variable (S). | |||||
| SED | Energy dissipated per unit volume. | |||||
| SEDV | Energy per unit volume due to viscous damping. | |||||
| SVAR | 1, 2, 3, ... N | State variable.[c] | ||||
| GKS | X, XY, XZ | Gasket component stress. | ||||
| GKD | X, XY, XZ | Gasket component total closure. | ||||
| GKDI | X, XY, XZ | Gasket component total inelastic closure. | ||||
| GKTH | X, XY, XZ | Gasket component thermal closure. | ||||
| SS | X, XY, XZ | Interface traction (stress). | ||||
| SD | X, XY, XZ | Interface separation. | ||||
| FICT | TEMP | Fictive temperature. | ||||
| CONT[l][m] | STAT | Contact status[n]:
| ||||
| PENE | Contact penetration. | |||||
| PRES | Contact pressure. | |||||
| SFRIC | Contact friction stress. | |||||
| STOT | Contact total stress (pressure plus friction). | |||||
| SLIDE | Contact sliding distance. | |||||
| GAP | Contact gap distance. | |||||
| FLUX | Total heat flux at contact surface. | |||||
| CNOS | Total number of contact status changes during substep. | |||||
| FPRS | Fluid penetration pressure. | |||||
| TG[o] | X, Y, Z, SUM | Component thermal gradient or vector sum. | ||||
| TF[o] | X, Y, Z, SUM | Component thermal flux or vector sum. | ||||
| PG | X, Y, Z, SUM | Component or vector sum of velocity or energy density flux (room acoustics). | ||||
| EF | X, Y, Z, SUM | Component electric field or vector sum. | ||||
| D | X, Y, Z, SUM | Component electric flux density or vector sum. | ||||
| H | X, Y, Z, SUM | Component magnetic field intensity or vector sum. | ||||
| B | X, Y, Z, SUM | Component magnetic flux density or vector sum. | ||||
| CG | X, Y, Z, SUM | Component concentration gradient or vector sum.[c] | ||||
| DF | X, Y, Z, SUM | Component diffusion flux density or vector sum.[c] | ||||
| CAP | C0,X0,K0,ZONE, DPLS,VPLS | Material cap plasticity model only: Cohesion; hydrostatic compaction yielding stress; I1 at the transition point at which the shear and compaction envelopes intersect; zone = 0: elastic state, zone = 1: compaction zone, zone = 2: shear zone, zone = 3: expansion zone; effective deviatoric plastic strain; volume plastic strain. | ||||
| EDPC | CSIG,CSTR | Material EDP creep model only (not including the cap model): Equivalent creep stress; equivalent creep strain. | ||||
| FFLX | X,Y,Z | Fluid flow flux in poromechanics. | ||||
| FGRA | X,Y,Z | Fluid pore-pressure gradient in poromechanics. | ||||
| FMAG | X, Y, Z, SUM | Component electromagnetic force or vector sum.[c] | ||||
| JC | X, Y, Z, SUM | Conduction current density for elements that support conduction current calculation. Components (X, Y, Z) and vector sum (SUM).[c] | ||||
| BFE | TEMP | Body temperatures (calculated from applied temperatures) as used in solution (area and volume elements only). | ||||
| PMSV | VRAT, PPRE, DSAT, RPER | Void volume ratio, pore pressure, degree of saturation, and relative permeability for coupled pore-pressure-thermal elements. | ||||
| NS | X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, XZ | Nominal strain for hyperelastic material, reported in the current configuration (unaffected by RSYS). | ||||
| MPLA | DMAC, DMAX | Microplane damage, macroscopic and maximum values. | ||||
| MPDP | TOTA, TENS, COMP, RW | Microplane homogenized total, tension, and compression damages (TOTA, TENS, COMP), and split weight factor (RW). | ||||
| DAMAGE | 1,2,3,MAX | Damage in directions 1, 2, 3 (1, 2, 3) and the maximum damage (MAX). | ||||
| GDMG | Damage | |||||
| IDIS | Structural-thermal dissipation rate | |||||
| BKS | X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, XZ | Total nonlinear kinematic backstress reported in the current configuration (unaffected by RSYS). Available for 3D, plane strain, and axisymmetric elements. | ||||
| BKS1, . . . ,BKS5 | X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, XZ | Superimposed components of the total nonlinear kinematic backstress reported in the current configuration (unaffected by RSYS). Available for 3D, plane strain, and axisymmetric elements when more than one superimposed back-stress component is defined. | ||||
| EPFR | Free strain in porous media | |||||
| SNDI | X, Y, Z, SUM | Component sound intensity or vector sum.[c] | ||||
| FC1S | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | First set of six components of FCC crystal slip. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| FC2S | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Second set of six components of FCC crystal slip. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| HC1S | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Six components of HCP crystal slip on basal and prismatic systems. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| HC2S | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Six components of HCP crystal slip on pyramidal system. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| HC3S | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | First set of six components of HCP crystal slip on the first-order pyramidal system. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| HC4S | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Second set of six components of HCP crystal slip on the first-order pyramidal system. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| HC5S | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Six components of HCP crystal slip on the second-order pyramidal system. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| BC1S | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | First set of six components of BCC slip on 111 plane. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| BC2S | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Second set of six components of BCC slip on 111 plane. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| BC3S | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | First set of six components of BCC slip on 112 plane. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| BC4S | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Second set of six components of BCC slip on 112 plane. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| BC5S | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | First set of six components of BCC slip on 123 plane. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| BC6S | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Second set of six components of BCC slip on 123 plane. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| BC7S | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Third set of six components of BCC slip on 123 plane. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| BC8S | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Fourth set of six components of BCC slip on 123 plane. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| FC1H | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | First set of six components of FCC crystal hardness. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| FC2H | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Second set of six components of FCC crystal hardness. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| HC1H | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Sixcomponents of HCP crystal hardness on basal and prismatic systems. Available for 3D elements. | ||||
| HC2H | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Six components of HCP crystal hardness on pyramidal system. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| HC3H | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | First set of six components of HCP crystal hardness on the first-order pyramidal system. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| HC4H | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Second set of six components of HCP crystal hardness on the first-order pyramidal system. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| HC5H | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Six components of HCP crystal hardness on the second-order pyramidal system. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| BC1H | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | First set of six components of BCC hardness on 111 plane. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| BC2H | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Second set of six components of BCC hardness on 111 plane. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| BC3H | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | First set of six components of BCC hardness on 112 plane. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| BC4H | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Second set of six components of BCC hardness on 112 plane. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| BC5H | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | First set of six components of BCC hardness on 123 plane. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| BC6H | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Second set of six components of BCC hardness on 123 plane. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| BC7H | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Third set of six components of BCC hardness on 123 plane. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| BC8H | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Fourth set of six components of BCC hardness on 123 plane. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| XELG | 1,2,3,45,6,EQV | Crystal Lagrangian strain in 11, 22, 33, 12, 23,13 directions and its equivalent. Available for 3D elements only. | ||||
| SINT | RHO, ETA, SSTR, GRAIN | Sintering relative density, viscosity, sintering stress, and average grain size values. | ||||
[a] For SHELL131 and SHELL132 elements with KEYOPT(3) = 0 or 1, use the labels TBOT, TE2, TE3, . . ., TTOP instead of TEMP to view the individual temperature degree of freedom. When other thermal elements are included in the model, deselect them to avoid plotting undefined information. To view all temperatures in the same plot, set /ESHAPE,1 and /GRAPHICS,POWER and issue PLNSOL,TEMP.
[c] Not supported by PowerGraphics.
[d] When plotting Newton-Raphson residual items (Item =
NRRE) from a file on the deformed geometry, the displacements are based on the
current set of results in the database. These displacements may not correspond to
the loadstep and substep in the
.nrxxxxx file. (For more
information about .nrxxxxx files
and nonlinear diagnostics postprocessing, see the description of the
NLDPOST command and Performing Nonlinear Diagnostics.)
[f] This item plots the solution using nodal-averaged results if they are available on the results file.
[g] The results for this postprocessing SEND component are invalid for ELBOW290 if that element is used with viscoelastic or viscohyperelastic materials.
[j] USR1 through USR9 require a failure-criteria routine.
[k] Failure criteria are based on the effective stresses in the damaged material.
[l] For contact results, PowerGraphics is supported for 3D models only.
[m] For the CONT items for elements CONTA172, CONTA174, CONTA175, and CONTA177, the reported data is averaged across the element. To obtain a more meaningful STAT value, use PLESOL.
[n] For MPC-based contact definitions, the value of STAT can be negative, indicating that one or more contact constraints were intentionally removed to prevent overconstraint. STAT = -3 is used for MPC bonded contact; STAT = -2 is used for MPC no-separation contact.
[o] Comp = SUM is not supported for coupled pore-pressure-thermal
(CPTnnn) elements.
Table 217: PLNSOL - Selected Result (SRES) Component Labels
PLNSOL,SRES,Comp | |
|---|---|
| Comp | Description |
SVARn | The nth state variable. |
FLDUF0n | The nth user-defined field variable. |
ItemComp (concatenated Item
+ Comp label) from Table 210: OSRESULT - Item and Component Labels[a] | See the table for the combined item and component description. |