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[Emmanuel Lecomte]

Hello,

In an old 2018 post, we were explained how to calculate a signed Von Mises stress using this formula in a user defined result:

seqv*(sx+sy+sz+1e-6)/abs(sx+sy+sz+1e-6)

What could be the python script to put in ANSYS 2023 R1 ?

Thanks,

E.L.

[Erik Kostson]

 

Hi

Can you explain more what you want to do – what is the python script for signed VM, is very generic.

The above post is about user defined reusult using that expresssion which is defined by the user manually. So do you want to automate this, say by having a mechanical script that generates this user defined result ? Then the command to do this is:

ExtAPI.DataModel.Project.Model.Analyses[0].Solution.AddUserDefinedResult()

Or perhaps the question is not the above then explain much more.

All the best

Erik

 

[Emmanuel Lecomte]

Hi,

To be more clear, I want to write a python script which calculated the signed Von Mises stress.

My simulation have 3 times steps. For each time step, I want to collect :

- the Von Mises stress,

- the SX, SY and SZ stresses,

then I want to calculate the signed Von Mises according to the formula presented in my first post.

I just want to write a python script which will give same result than user defined result. 

(it will be used after in a more complex python script).

Thanks.

[Erik Kostson]

Hi

 

See this post on how to extract stresses and uses them as needed.
https://forum.ansys.com/forums/topic/getting-stress-values-by-act-scripting/

Also look on the the python result object (same post above)

All the best

Erik

[Emmanuel Lecomte]

Hi,

It's interesting, I'm on the right way but not yet arrived.

Now I can collect the SX, SY, SZ and Von Mises stresses, script the first part of my equation, but I dont' know how to script the "abs(sx+sy+sz+1e-6)".

Any idea ?

Thanks

E.L.