Stress Components

VON von Mises stress
VONDC: von Mises [Directional Components] Available only for Linear Dynamic - Harmonic studies.

The solver performs the von Mises stress calculations more accurately by taking into account the proper signs (positive or negative) of the six stress components.

The VON: von Mises stress plot calculates von Mises stresses from the six components of stress. The same is true for the VONDC: von Mises [Directional Components] stress plot. However, because the results of Linear Dynamic Harmonic studies are derived for the maximum steady-state oscillation amplitude, the traditional calculation method for the von Mises stress results considers only the positive values of the stress components. Stress phase offsets can occur when a certain stress component is positive while another stress component is negative. The VONDC: von Mises [Directional Components] stress plot considers the influence of stress phase offsets. The von Mises equation dictates that the square of the difference between a positive and a negative stress component may be greater when compared to the difference between positive stress component values. Therefore, the VONDC: von Mises [Directional Components] stress values are expected to be more conservative than the VON: von Mises stress values.
P1 Normal stress in the first principal direction
P2 Normal stress in the second principal direction
P3 Normal stress in the third principal direction
INT Stress intensity = P1 - P3 (a)

with P1: maximum absolute normal stress, and P3: minimum absolute normal stress.
TRI Triaxial stress = P1 + P2 + P3 (Sum of principal stress components. Also called the first stress invariant because the value remains the same regardless of the coordinate transformation you apply to the stress tensor.)
SX Normal stress in the X-direction of the selected reference geometry
SY Normal stress in the Y-direction of the selected reference geometry
SZ Normal stress in the Z-direction of the selected reference geometry
TXY Shear stress in the Y-direction acting on the plane normal to X-direction of the selected reference geometry
For shear stress components, the first index indicates direction of surface normal, and the second index indicates direction of shear stress component.
TXZ Shear stress in the Z-direction acting on the plane normal to X-direction of the selected reference geometry
TYZ Shear stress in the Z-direction acting the plane normal to Y-direction of the selected reference geometry
ERR Energy Norm Error (available for static and drop test studies)
CP Contact Pressure (b)
ILTXZ Interlaminar shear on XZ plane
ILTYZ Interlaminar shear on YZ plane

(a) In some design codes and references, the Tresca equivalent stress is defined as twice the maximum shear stress, which is equal to (P1 – P3), or else the stress intensity.

(b) Contact pressures are derived from the global nodal stresses by coordinate transformation. At each node, the solver reports the contact pressure that is derived from the contributions of any applied loads, restraints, and contact forces that can develop during a simulation.

The unit vector N along the direction of contact force is {Nx, Ny, Nz} in the global coordinate system. The nodal stress tensor is projected along the unit vector N to derive the three components of contact pressure {Px, Py, Pz} in the global coordinate system.

The magnitude of the contact pressure CP at each node is the square root of the sum of the squares of each component. The direction of contact pressure is always normal to the area of contact.