Post Processing FE Parts
FE Parts can be post-processed similarly to other types of Adams bodies through XY plots of result sets, measures and requests; and, through animation.
Result Sets
The FE Part result set generated by Adams Solver and automatically available for post-processing within Adams PostProcessor contains several components for each node on the FE Part:
■Motion data in 6 components, 3 each translational and rotational:
■Displacement
■Velocity
■Acceleration
■Force data in 6 components, 3 each translational (forces) and rotational (torques) which can be interpreted as internal loading at the node.
Using Measures and Requests with FE Parts
To create measures or requests about FE Parts can reference markers belonging to an FE Part in the same manner as Adams markers belonging to other kinds of bodies can be used. There is no capability to create an object measure based on the FE Part itself nor are there FE Part specific functions that can be used in output request function definitions. However, output request functions can be created which reference the runtime functions which define quantities along the length of the FE Part centerline (
S,
SD,
SV and
SA).
Animation Capabilities
FE Parts can be animated in Adams PostProcessor. Both the wire geometry for the centerline and the solid/shell geometry (if present) will animate per the calculated deformation of the centerline and (if present) the calculated positions of the shell/solid surface vertices.
By default color contour plots of the FE Part deformation will be shown. This deformation is defined by the displacement of the geometry vertices relative to it's initial displacement from the datum node. By default the datum node is the node at S=0. Note that during the simulation the colors will appear differently than in post-processing animation because the entire extent of deformation throughout the simulation is not yet known thus the color scale is can be changing. For more details please see the dialog box help for the
FE Part Wizard.
FE Loads
The result set for the FE Load will contain components for each of the three directions of force and each of the three directions of torque (FX, FY, FZ, TX, TY, TZ) at each node on the corresponding FE Part and at all the midpoints between nodes on the corresponding FE Part. The numbering begins with the load applied on the node at Distance (S) = 0 (FX0, FY0 and so on); next is the load applied midway between the node at S=0 and the next nearest node in increasing S (FX1, FX1 and so on); this is followed by the load applied on the next nearest node in increasing S (FX2, FX2 and so on); this continues in increasing S over locations at nodes and midpoints between nodes until the node at S=1.