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evaluateStrain

Evaluate strain for dynamic structural analysis problem

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Syntax

nodalStrain = evaluateStrain(structuralresults)

Description

nodalStrain = evaluateStrain(structuralresults) evaluates strain at nodal locations for all time- or frequency-steps.

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Examples

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Evaluate the strain in a beam under a harmonic excitation.

Create and plot a beam geometry.

gm = multicuboid(0.06,0.005,0.01);
pdegplot(gm,FaceLabels="on",FaceAlpha=0.5)
view(50,20)

Figure contains an axes object. The axes object contains 6 objects of type quiver, text, patch, line.

Create an femodel object for transient structural analysis and include the geometry into the model.

model = femodel(AnalysisType="structuralTransient", ...
                Geometry=gm);

Specify Young's modulus, Poisson's ratio, and the mass density of the material.

model.MaterialProperties = ...
    materialProperties(YoungsModulus=210E9, ...
                       PoissonsRatio=0.3, ...
                       MassDensity=7800);

Fix one end of the beam.

model.FaceBC(5) = faceBC(Constraint="fixed");

Apply a sinusoidal displacement along the y-direction on the end opposite the fixed end of the beam.

yDisplacemenmtFunc = ...
@(location, state) ones(size(location.y))*1E-4*sin(50*state.time);
model.FaceBC(3) = faceBC(YDisplacement=yDisplacemenmtFunc);

Generate a mesh.

model = generateMesh(model,Hmax=0.01);

Specify the zero initial displacement and velocity.

model.CellIC = cellIC(Displacement=[0,0,0],Velocity=[0,0,0]);

Solve the problem.

tlist = 0:0.002:0.2;
R = solve(model,tlist);

Evaluate the strain in the beam.

strain = evaluateStrain(R);

Plot the normal strain along x-direction for the last time-step.

figure
pdeplot3D(R.Mesh,ColorMapData=strain.exx(:,end))
title("x-Direction Normal Strain in the Beam of the Last Time-Step")

Figure contains an axes object. The hidden axes object with title x-Direction Normal Strain in the Beam of the Last Time-Step contains 5 objects of type patch, quiver, text.

Input Arguments

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Solution of a dynamic structural analysis problem, specified as a TransientStructuralResults or FrequencyStructuralResults object. Create structuralresults by using the solve function.

Output Arguments

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Strain at the nodes, returned as an FEStruct object with the properties representing the components of strain tensor at nodal locations. Properties of an FEStruct object are read-only.

Version History

Introduced in R2018a

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