element_stress#
- PostProcessing.element_stress(component, option='AVG')#
Return element component or principal stress.
One value per element. Either minimum, maximum, or average of all nodes in each element.
Equilvanent MAPDL commands: :rtype:
ndarray
ETABLE,VALUES,S,X
PRETAB,VALUES
or*VGET,TMP,ELEM,1,ETAB,VALUES
- Parameters:
- component
str
Element stress to retrieve. One of the following:
X, Y, Z, XY, YZ, XZ
Component stress.
1, 2, 3
Principal stress.
INT
Stress intensity.
EQV
Equivalent stress
- option
str
,optional
Option for storing element table data. One of the following:
"MIN"
: Store minimum element nodal value of the specified item component."MAX"
: Store maximum element nodal value of the specified item component."AVG"
: Store averaged element centroid value of the specified item component (default).
- component
- Returns:
numpy.ndarray
Numpy array of stresses.
Examples
Return the average element component stress in the X direction.
>>> arr = mapdl.post_processing.element_stress("X") >>> arr.shape (2080, 3) >>> arr array([-0.29351357, -0.37027832, -0.37340827, ..., 0. , 0. , 0. ])