Force output in Quad element

[kamyarsa]

Hello,
Could anyone help me how the forces are calculated in quad element? Are the results from the guass point or the nodes?

I use the quad element in my analysis and I get 8 force values for each element. What are exactly those results? are they horizontal an vertical forces in each guass point or on element edges?

Thank you very much!

[mhscott]

It is the forces at the nodes. You can make a simple example to verify the output.