nodal_total_component_strain

PostProcessing.nodal_total_component_strain(component)

Total nodal component strain

Includes elastic, plastic, and creep strain.

Equilvanent MAPDL commands: :rtype: ndarray

• *VGET, PARM, NODE, , EPTO, X

Parameters:

componentstr, optional

Component to retrieve. Must be 'X', 'Y', 'Z', 'XY', 'YZ', or 'XZ'.

Returns:

numpy.ndarray

Array containing the total nodal component strain.

Examples

Total component strain in the X direction for the first result

>>> mapdl.post1()
>>> mapdl.set(1, 1)
>>> mapdl.post_processing.nodal_total_component_strain('X')
    array([0.60024621, 0.61625265, 0.65081825, ...,
           0.        , 0.        , 0.        ])

Corresponding nodes

>>> mapdl.mesh.nnum_all
array([   1,    2,    3, ..., 7215, 7216, 7217], dtype=int32)