Member stresses - data

Returns information concerning values of member stresses.

RSA_BAR_STRESS_DATA (Information type, Stress type, Extremum type, Bar no., Case no., Division points no.)

Information type

The RSA_BAR_STRESS_DATA formula syntax has the following arguments:

The following types of information are available:
  • BAR_NO

    returns a member no.

  • CASE_COMPONENT_NO

    returns a number of the case component in the combination

  • CASE_NO

    returns a case no.

  • EXTREMUM

    returns a force value for the extremum found

  • POSITION

    returns the position on the member where a selected extremum occurs

Note: If you type an argument in the formula manually, enclose the text in quotation marks. You can also select or type a cell address (for example A1) which the data will be loaded from.

Stress type

The following types of stresses are available:

  • FXSX

    axial stress

  • SHEARY

    shear stress - TY

  • SHEARZ

    shear stress - TZ

  • SMAX

    maximal normal stress

  • SMAXMY

    maximal stress due to bending moment MY

  • SMAXMZ

    maximal stress due to bending moment MZ

  • SMIN

    minimal normal stress

  • SMINMY

    minimal stress due to bending moment MY

  • SMINMZ

    minimal stress due to bending moment MZ

  • TORSION

    torsional stress - T

Note: If you type an argument in the formula manually, enclose the text in quotation marks. You can also select or type a cell address (for example A1) which the data will be loaded from.

Extremum type

The following types of extremum are available:

  • MAX

    maximum value

  • MIN

    minimum value

Note: If you type an argument in the formula manually, enclose the text in quotation marks. You can also select or type a cell address (for example A1) which the data will be loaded from.

Bar no.

The following input methods are available:

  • Text - type a text (any character string) and enclose it in quotation marks, for example: "ALL" - all members in the project or "1 2 3" - specified list of members
  • Number - type an integer
  • Cell address - select or type a cell address (for example A1) which the data will be loaded from
  • Graphical selection - select this option in the dialog or type "@" (members which are selected graphically in Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional are taken into account)

Case no.

The following input methods are available:

  • Text - type a text (any character string) and enclose it in quotation marks, for example: "ALL" - all cases in the project or "1 2 3" - specified list of cases
  • Number - type an integer
  • Cell address - select or type a cell address (for example A1) which the data will be loaded from
  • Graphical selection - select this option in the dialog or type "@" (cases which are selected graphically in Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional are taken into account)

Division points no.

The following input methods are available:

  • Number - type an integer
  • Cell address - select or type a cell address (for example A1) which the data will be loaded from

EXAMPLE

Open the RSA_FORMULAS.rtd and RSA_FORMULAS.xlsx files to get a better understanding of the example below.

Note: The files are located in C:/ProgramData/Autodesk/Examples/Results Connect/RSA.

Formula:

RSA_BAR_STRESS_ DATA("BAR_NO","TORSION","MAX","ALL","5 to 9",35) - returns the number of a member with maximal torsional stress value among all members and load cases with numbers from 5 to 9, and with 35 division points

Result (data):

9