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Technical Seminar:
TechnicalSeminar:
StressVisualizationandValidation
Topics:
UnderstandinghowFemap managestheViewWindow
Stressvisualization(PostProcessing):
SolidElements nodalversuscentroid stresses
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g g
PlateElements top/bottomandnodalaveraging
BeamElements MaxCombined=vonMises

February 2011

ValidationofStressResults:Ifitlooksgooditisgood.
UsingtheFree
Using the FreeBodyDiagram
Body Diagram(FBD)
(FBD)
ABriefQ&APeriod

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TechnicalSeminar:StressVisualizationandValidation

February 2011

Wheneveryouseeastresscontourplot,justassumethatitis
wrong,saysMarkSherman,headoftheFemap DevelopmentTeam
forSiemensPLMSoftwareSolutions.AlthoughShermanscomment
soundsabitdramatic,itsparforthecourseincomputermodeling,
whereacommonsayingisgarbagein,gospelout(GIGO).The
questionsthatthesecommentsraisearesimpletoposebut
somewhatvexingtoanswerevenforthespecialists.

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NavigatingFemapsViewWindow,ViewSelectandViewOptions

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The View Window is a database

All View Select and View
Options can be saved within this
mini-database