2B. Contour Plot

MAIN MENU -> General Postproc

      GENERAL POSTPROC -> Plot Results

             PLOT RESULTS -> Contour Plot-Nodal solu...

CONTOUR NODAL SOLUTION DATA ->

                         Item to be contoured -> Highlight Stress -> Von Mises SEQV

                         Items to be plotted -> Def + undeformed

                   COUNTOUR NODAL SOLUTION DATA -> OK.

This displays the results data as contoured lines across the model. You should now have a color representation of the von mises stress in your plate similar to the Figure below.



Close PLOT RESULTS window.

The stress contour values in the previous plot were auto-scaled by the ANSYS package, based on the minimum and maximum stress values in the model. This has resulted n a rather poor plot if you are interested in stress results anywherer away from tghe location of the concentrated load on the right end of the model. To obtain stress contours in the middle of the model (where the results are valid) you need to set contour scales yourself.

MAIN MENU --> PlotCtrls
            
            PlotCtrls --> Style

                    Style --> Contours --> Uniform Contours

Then you should see the following window. Enter maximum and minimum values you want the plot to display.