2D contact stress

The 2D contact stress command serves for displaying contact stresses on selected 2D members with surface support.

Usage

  1. Calculate a FEM analysis of the model
  2. Go to Tree > Results > 2D members > 2D contact stress
  3. Set properties of the command to specify mainly:
    • selection of 2D members where the results are evaluated
    • load type from which the results are derived
    • specific result value from the available list to be visualized
  4. Click on [Refresh] action button to display the results

Note: To get general overview about how to work with a Result service and its commands, see Results/Basics.

Properties

Category Property Description / Notes
Selection

Type of selection
All / Current / Advanced / Named Selection

Specifies on what members the results are displayed
See "Type of selection"

 
Filter

No / Material / WildCard / Layer / Thickness
Result case

Type of load
Load cases / Combinations / Classes /NonLinear Combinations

 Defines for what load the results are displayed.
See "Result case"
Extreme Location
In centres / In nodes avg.

Determines way how results - calculated in the nodes of individual finite elements - are further processed (averaged) to get smoother continuous distribution.
See Results/Theory/Smoothing_results

System
LCS mesh element / LCS - Member 2D

 Sets a coordination system which is used as referenced for displaying the results.
See Results/Theory/Local_axes_2d

Extreme

No / Mesh / Member / Global

 Defines for which extreme on 2D member the results are displayed.

Value

t_zx / t_yz / s_z

 		See table Values below.
Standard result
On/Off		 Display standard results on 2D members.
Results on sections
On/Off		 Display results on defined sections on 2D members.
Results on edges
On/Off		 Display results on the edges of selected 2D members.
Table setup   Possibility to define columns with values in preview window.
Drawing Setup 2D   "Drawing setup 2D"
Errors, warnings and notes settings   "Errors, warnings and notes settings"

Values

Value Description Notes
tzx shear stress in the plane of the footing bottom - against shear in the x direction

 
tyz shear stress in the plane of the footing bottom - against shear in the y direction
sz vertical contact stress in footing bottom