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FEMDATA Output Dialog Box Options Table

 
If you selected:
Set the following options:
Loads on Rigid Body
1. In the R Marker text box, enter the rigid body marker to be the reference coordinate system to output loads. Because Adams Solver resolves all loads acting on the rigid body in the coordinate system of the specified marker, the marker should represent the FEA basic coordinate system of the part's finite element (FE) model.
2. In the Peak Slice text box, select that FE model load data are to be output only at those time steps where the specified peak load occurred in the simulation. When you set the Time options in Step 5 of the procedure, Adams View only checks the time steps within those specifications for the peak load. You can specify one or more of FX, FY, FZ, FMAG, or GMAG.
Loads on Flex Body
■Select Peak Slice to output FE model data only at those time steps where the specified peak load occurred in the simulation. When you set the Time options in Step 5, Adams View only checks the time steps within those specifications for the peak load. You can specify one or more of FX, FY, FZ, FMAG, or GMAG.
Modal Deformation
■In the Flex Body text box, enter the flexible body whose data Adams View outputs. Adams View outputs the data in the FE modal basic coordinate system that is inherent to the flexible body.
Nodal Deformation
■In the Flex Body text box, enter the flexible body whose data Adams View outputs. Adams View outputs the data in the FE model basic coordinate system that is inherent to the flexible body.
■In the Nodes text box, enter the node numbers of a flexible body whose data is to be output. If you do not specify a node list, Adams View exports nodal data at each attachment point of the flexible body. Adams Solver issues a warning if a node ID is specified that does not belong to the flexible body.
■In the Datum text box, enter a node ID of the flexible body to be the datum of the nodal displacements. Adams Solver computes all nodal displacements relative to this node ID. If you do not specify a datum node, Adams Solver generates an arbitrary relative set of nodal displacements. It displays a warning message if the specified node does not belong to the flexible body.
Stress and Strain
You can select to either output the stress/strain on nodes or hotspots:

To output them on nodes:

1. In the Nodes text box, enter the node numbers of a flexible body whose data is to be output. If you do not specify a node list, Adams View exports nodal data at each attachment point of the flexible body. Adams Solver issues a warning if a node ID is specified that does not belong to the flexible body.
2. In the R Marker text box, enter a coordinate reference marker in the model that will be used to transform the stress or strain data. If not specified, the stress or strain will be output in the basic FEA coordinate system of the flexible body (LPRF). This option can be useful when correlating strain gauge data from a physical test. If the orientation of the strain gauge does not match the FEA coordinate system, you can reference a marker whose orientation does match.

To define hotspots:

1. In the Hotspots text box, enter the number of hotspots to locate and output. With this option, a text file containing a tab-delimited table of hotspot information, such as node ID, maximum value, time when the maximum value occurred, and location, is generated.
2. From the option menu, specify the value of stress/strain in determining hotspots from one of Von Mises, Max Prin., Min Prin., Max Shear, Normal-X, Normal-Y, Normal-Z, Shear-XY, Shear-YZ, or Shear-ZX. For more information, see the FEMDATA statement.
3. In the Radius text box, enter a radius that defines the spherical extent of each hotspot. A default value of 0.0 (zero) means that all nodes in the flexible body will be hotspot candidates.
4. In the R Marker text box, enter a coordinate reference marker in the model that will be used to transform the stress or strain data. If not specified, the stress or strain will be output in the basic FEA coordinate system of the flexible body (LPRF). This option can be useful when correlating strain gauge data from a physical test. If the orientation of the strain gauge does not match the FEA coordinate system, you can reference a marker whose orientation does match.