element_temperature#
- PostProcessing.element_temperature(option='AVG')#
Return element temperature.
One value per element. Either minimum, maximum, or average of all nodes in each element.
Equilvanent MAPDL commands: :rtype:
ndarray
ETABLE,VALUES,TEMP
PRETAB,VALUES
or*VGET,TMP,ELEM,1,ETAB,VALUES
- Parameters:
- option
str
,optional
Option for storing element table data. One of the following:
"MIN"
: Store minimum element nodal value of the specified item."MAX"
: Store maximum element nodal value of the specified item."AVG"
: Store averaged element centroid value of the specified item (default).
- option
Examples
Return the average element temperature.
>>> arr = mapdl.post_processing.element_temperature() >>> arr.shape (2080, 3) >>> arr array([20., 20., 20., ..., 20., 20., 20.])