I am trying to record the stress in a quad element,
or output to a file in some manner.
The recorder commands I have used are:
recorder Element -file Q4stress.out -ele 1 stress
which gives a blank output file
recorder Element -file Q4stress.out -ele 1 Stress
which also gives a blank output file
I also use the command
print ele
This does give some interesting and useful information, but
the stresses are all zero, even with sizable loads on a small element.
How exactly can I record, or otherwise output, the stresses in a quad element to a file?
stress output
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according to the manual:
The valid queries to a Quad element when creating an ElementRecorder object are 'force,' 'stiffness,' and 'material $matNum matArg1 matArg2 ...' Where $matNum refers to the material object at the integration point corresponding to the node numbers in the isoparametric domain.
The valid queries to a Quad element when creating an ElementRecorder object are 'force,' 'stiffness,' and 'material $matNum matArg1 matArg2 ...' Where $matNum refers to the material object at the integration point corresponding to the node numbers in the isoparametric domain.
Silvia Mazzoni, PhD
Structural Consultant
Degenkolb Engineers
235 Montgomery Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA. 94104
Structural Consultant
Degenkolb Engineers
235 Montgomery Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA. 94104