The local stress tensors allow you to choose which result to plot in the graph. Six local stress tensors are available:
Click one of the six buttons to display that local stress tensor in the graph area.
- The first letter of the tensor refers to the vector normal to the face of the element. This vector corresponds to the face of an ideal element transformed to the local coordinate system. It does not necessarily correspond to the actual element faces.
- The second letter is the direction of the stress.
For example, NN is the normal stress in the local N direction and TH is the shear stress along the HN plane in the H direction. Be sure to specify the First Point, Last Point, and Reference Point to define the Stress Classification Line (SCL) and the local coordinate system before reviewing results from the graph.