plot_element_stress#

PostProcessing.plot_element_stress(component, option='AVG', show_elem_numbering=False, **kwargs)#

Plot element component or principal stress.

One value per element. Either minimum, maximum, or average of all nodes in each element.

Parameters:
componentstr

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
optionstr, 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).

show_elem_numberingbool, optional

Plot the element numbers of the elements.

**kwargsdict, optional

Keyword arguments passed to MapdlPlotter

Returns:
pyvista.plotting.renderer.CameraPosition

Camera position from plotter. Can be reused as an input parameter to use the same camera position for future plots. Only returned when return_cpos is True.

Notes

If graphics_backend=GraphicsBackend.PYVISTA (default), this function uses MapdlPlotter You can pass key arguments to MapdlPlotter using kwargs argument. For example, show_axes , background, etc.

Examples

Plot the average element component stress in the X direction.

>>> mapdl.post_processing.plot_element_stress("X")