PLESOL

PLESOL

PLESOL, Item, Comp, KUND, Fact
Displays the solution results as discontinuous element contours.

POST1: Results

Item

Label identifying the item. Valid item labels are shown in the table below. Some items also require a component label.

Comp

Component of the item (if required). Valid component labels are shown in the table below.

KUND

Undisplaced 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).

Fact

Scale factor for 2-D display of contact items (defaults to 1). A negative scaling factor may be used to invert the display.

Notes

PLESOL displays the solution results as element contours discontinuous across element boundaries for the selected elements.

For example, PLESOL,S,X displays the X component of stress S (that is, the SX stress component). Various element results depend on the calculation method and the selected results location (AVPRIN, RSYS, and ESEL).

Contours are determined by linear interpolation within each element, unaffected by the surrounding elements; that is, no nodal averaging occurs. The discontinuity between contours of adjacent elements is an indication of the gradient across elements. Component results are displayed in the active results coordinate system (RSYS [default is global Cartesian]).

To display items not available via PLESOL (such as line element results), see ETABLE and PLETAB.

For PowerGraphics displays (/GRAPHICS,POWER), results are plotted only for the model exterior surface. Items marked [1] are not supported by PowerGraphics.

Table 209: PLESOL - Valid Item and Component Labels for Element Results

General Item and Component Labels PLESOL, Lab, Item, Comp

Item Comp Description

S X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, XZ Component stress.

1, 2, 3 Principal stress.

INT Stress intensity.

EQV Equivalent stress.

EPEL X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, XZ Component elastic strain.

1, 2, 3 Principal elastic strain.

INT Elastic strain intensity.

EQV Elastic equivalent strain.

EPPL X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, XZ Component plastic strain.

1, 2, 3 Principal plastic strain.

INT Plastic strain intensity.

EQV Plastic equivalent strain.

EPCR X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, XZ Component creep strain.

1, 2, 3 Principal creep strain.

INT Creep strain intensity.

EQV Creep equivalent strain.

EPTH X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, XZ Component thermal strain.

1, 2, 3 Principal thermal strain.

INT Thermal strain intensity.

EQV Thermal equivalent strain.

EPSW Swelling strain.

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 Total mechanical and thermal and swelling strain (EPEL + EPPL + EPCR + EPTH + EPSW). [8]

1, 2, 3 Principal total mechanical and thermal and swelling strain.

INT Total mechanical and thermal and swelling strain intensity.

EQV Total mechanical and thermal and swelling equivalent strain.

EPDI X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, XZ Component diffusion strain. [1]

1, 2, 3 Principal diffusion strain.

INT Diffusion strain intensity.

EQV Diffusion equivalent strain.

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 Elastic strain energy density.

PLASTIC Plastic strain energy density.

CREEP Creep strain energy density.

DAMAGE Damage strain energy density.

VDAM Viscoelastic dissipation energy density.

VREG Visco-regularization strain energy density.

ENTO Total strain energy density.

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. [1][3] (See FCTYP.)

EMAX Maximum Strain Failure Criterion. [1][3]

SMAX Maximum Stress Failure Criterion. [1][3]

TWSI Tsai-Wu Strength Index Failure Criterion. [1][3]

TWSR Inverse of Tsai-Wu Strength Ratio Index Failure Criterion. [1][3]

HFIB Hashin Fiber Failure Criterion. [1][3][5]

HMAT Hashin Matrix Failure Criterion. [1][3][5]

PFIB Puck Fiber Failure Criterion. [1][3][5]

PMAT Puck Matrix Failure Criterion. [1][3][5]

L3FB LaRc03 Fiber Failure Criterion. [1][3][5]

L3MT LaRc03 Matrix Failure Criterion. [1][3][5]

L4FB LaRc04 Fiber Failure Criterion. [1][3][5]

L4MT LaRc04 Matrix Failure Criterion. [1][3][5]

USR1, USR2, ..., USR9 User-defined failure criteria. [1][3][4][5]

PFC MAX [9] Maximum of all failure criteria defined at current location.

FT [9] Fiber tensile failure criteria.

FC [9] Fiber compressive failure criteria.

MT [9] Matrix tensile failure criteria.

MC [9] 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.

FCMX LAY Layer number where the maximum of all active failure criteria over the entire element occurs. [1][3]

Number of the maximum-failure criterion over the entire element: [1][3]

1 = EMAX

2 = SMAX

3 = TWSI

4 = TWSR

5 = PFIB

6 = PMAT

7 = HFIB

8 = HMAT

9 = L3FB

10 = L3MT

11 = L4FB

12 = L4MT

13~21 = USR1~USR9

VAL Value of the maximum failure criterion over the entire element: [1][3]

SVAR 1, 2, 3, ... N State variable. [1]

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.

CONT

STAT

Contact status: [2]

3 = closed and sticking

2 = closed and sliding

1 = open but near contact

0 = open and not near contact

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 X, Y, Z, SUM Component thermal gradient or vector sum.

TF X, Y, Z, SUM Component thermal flux or vector sum.

PG X, Y, Z, SUM Component pressure gradient or vector sum.

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. [1]

DF X, Y, Z, SUM Component diffusion flux density or vector sum. [1]

FMAG X, Y, Z, SUM Component electromagnetic force or vector sum. [1]

P X, Y, Z, SUM Pointing vector component or sum. [1]

SERR[6] Structural error energy. [1]

SDSG[6] Absolute value of the maximum variation of any nodal stress component. [1]

TERR[6] Thermal error energy. [1]

TDSG[6] Absolute value of the maximum variation of any nodal thermal gradient component. [1]

F X, Y, Z X, Y, or Z structural force. [1][7]

M X, Y, Z X, Y, or Z structural moment. [1]

HEAT Heat flow. [1]

FLOW Fluid flow. [1]

AMPS Current flow [1]. Use FORCE for type.

CHRG Charge [1]. Use FORCE for type.

FLUX Magnetic flux. [1]

CSG X, Y, Z X, Y, or Z magnetic current segment component. [1]

RATE Diffusion flow rate.

SENE "Stiffness" energy or thermal heat dissipation. [1] Same as TENE.

STEN Elemental energy dissipation due to stabilization. [1]

TENE Thermal heat dissipation or "stiffness" energy. [1] Same as SENE.

KENE Kinetic energy. [1]

AENE Artificial energy due to hourglass control/drill stiffness or due to contact stabilization. [1]

JHEAT Element Joule heat generation. [1]

JS X, Y, Z, SUM Source current density for low-frequency magnetic analyses. Total current density (sum of conduction and displacement current densities) in low frequency electric analyses. Components (X, Y, Z) and vector sum (SUM). [1]

JT X, Y, Z, SUM Total measureable current density in low-frequency electromagnetic analyses. (Conduction current density in a low-frequency electric analysis.) Components (X, Y, Z) and vector sum (SUM). [1]

JC X, Y, Z, SUM Conduction current density for elements that support conduction current calculation. Components (X, Y, Z) and vector sum (SUM). [1].

MRE Magnetic Reynolds number. [1]

VOLU Volume of volume element. [1]

CENT X, Y, Z Centroid X, Y, or Z location (based on shape function) in the active coordinate system. [1]

BFE TEMP Body temperatures (calculated from applied temperatures) as used in solution (area and volume elements only). [10]

SMISC snum Element summable miscellaneous data value at sequence number snum (shown in the Output Data section of each element description.

NMISC snum Element non-summable miscellaneous data value at sequence number snum (shown in the Output Data section of each element description.

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.

FICT TEMP Fictive temperature.

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.

FFLX X,Y,Z Fluid flow flux in poromechanics.

MENE Acoustic potential energy. [1]

PMSV VRAT, PPRE, DSAT, RPER Void volume ratio, pore pressure, degree of saturation, and relative permeability for coupled pore-pressure CPT elements.

YSIDX TENS,SHEA Yield surface activity status for Mohr-Coloumb, soil, concrete, and joint rock material models: 1 = yielded, 0 = not yielded.

FPIDX TF01,SF01, TF02,SF02, TF03,SF03, TF04,SF04 Failure plane surface activity status for concrete and joint rock material models: 1 = yielded, 0 = not yielded. Tension and shear failure status are available for all four sets of failure planes.

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.

Not supported by PowerGraphics
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.
Works only if failure criteria information is provided. (For more information, see FC and TB.)
Works only if user-defined failure criteria routine is provided.
Must be added via FCTYP first.
Some element- and material-type limitations apply. (See PRERR.)
Do not use PLESOL to obtain contact forces for contact elements, as the force values reported may not be accurate. Instead, use ETABLE to obtain contact force values.
Total mechanical, thermal, and diffusion strain (EPEL + EPPL + EPCR + EPTH + EPDI) in coupled-diffusion analyses.
Failure criteria are based on the effective stresses in the damaged material.
For SOLID278 and SOLID279 with KEYOPT(3) = 2, use PLESOL,BFE,TEMP to plot the temperature distribution through the thickness of the element. When other thermal elements are included in the model, deselect them to avoid plotting undefined information.

Menu Paths

Main Menu>General Postproc>Plot Results>Contour Plot>Element Solu

Utility Menu>Plot>Results>Contour Plot>Elem Solution