nodal_total_principal_strain#

PostProcessing.nodal_total_principal_strain(component)[source]#

Total nodal principal total strain.

Includes elastic, plastic, and creep strain.

Equilvanent MAPDL command: :rtype: ndarray

*VGET,PARM,NODE,,EPTO,1

Parameters:

componentstr, optional: Component to retrieve. Must be '1', '2', or '3'

Returns:

numpy.ndarray: Numpy array total nodal principal total strain.

Examples

Principal nodal strain in the S1 direction for the first result.

>>> mapdl.post1()
>>> mapdl.set(1, 1)
>>> mapdl.post_processing.nodal_total_principal_strain('1')
    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)