Stress Visualization and Validation

This screen cast is taken from our online seminar held on February 17, 2011.

Topics include:

• Understanding how Femap manages the View Window
• Stress visualization (Post Processing):
  • Solid Elements–nodal versus centroid stresses
  • Plate Elements–top/bottom & nodal averaging
  • Beam Elements–Max Combined = von Mises
• Validation of Stress Results – If it looks good it is good
• Using the Free-Body-Diagram (FBD)