January 3, 2023 at 9:49 am
Ashish Khemka
Ansys Employee

Hi Eddie,

 

You can use the higher magnitude results to be on the conservative side. On different options for stress result display, please see if the following link helps:

 

Averaged Vs. Unaveraged Contour Results | Ansys Mechanical (simutechgroup.com)

 

Regards,

Ashish Khemka