Beam results can be applied only to line body edges and are defined as follows in reference to the solution coordinate system of each beam or pipe element:
Axial Force: the force along a beam element axis (X component).
Bending Moment: the moment in the plane perpendicular to the beam element axis (Y and Z components).
Torsional Moment: the moment about the beam element axis (X component).
Shear Force: the force perpendicular to the beam element axis (Y and Z components).
Shear-Moment Diagram: simultaneously illustrates the distribution of shear forces, bending moments and displacements, as a function of arc length along a path consisting of line bodies.
To apply a beam result, define a path by using edges, on the line body edges as described in "Defining a Path using an Edge" in Path. For Shear-Moment Diagrams, the defined line body edges must be contiguous.
Beam results are not available to the Samcef or ABAQUS solver.
Note:
User Defined Result equivalents of the above results are BEAM_AXIAL_F, BEAM_BENDING_M, BEAM_TORSION_M, and BEAM_SHEAR_F.
An Axial Force display will not include an arrow (that is, a vector). The force consists of only the X component. A positive force denotes tension: a negative force denotes compression.
If a path is coincident with an edge, beam results from scoping to the path may not match beam results from scoping to the edge. The path for beams only allows contributions from beam elements with both endpoints in the path. An edge can allow contributions from elements that have only one node on the edge.