Field output is used to create contour plots. Available options include:

Node output #

• Name.
• Last iterations: On/O – disabled by default, turning it on enables storage of results from all iterations of the last increment in a separate file named ResultsForLastIterations.frd and can be useful for debugging of diverging analyses.
• Contact elements: True/False – disabled by default, turning it on enables storage of contact elements in a file with .cel extension and their display in results.
• Variables to output:
  • RF – reaction forces.
  • U – displacements.
  • PU – displacements magnitude and phase.
  • V – velocities.
  • NT – temperatures.
  • PNT – temperatures magnitude and phase.
  • RFL – external concentrated heat sources.
• Global: Yes/No – whether the results are saved in global or local coordinate system

Element output #

• Name.
• Last iterations: On/O – disabled by default, turning it on enables storage of results from all iterations of the last increment in a separate file named ResultsForLastIterations.frd and can be useful for debugging of diverging analyses.
• Contact elements: True/False – disabled by default, turning it on enables storage of contact elements in a file with .cel extension and their display in results.
• Output (2D/3D):
  • Default – results for shell elements are displayed in the expanded 3D form while for plane stress/strain and axisymmetric elements they are displayed in the original 2D form.
  • 2D – results for all types of 2D elements are displayed in the original 2D form.
  • 3D – results for all types of 2D elements are displayed in the expanded 3D form.
• Variables to output:
  • S – stresses.
  • PHS – stresses magnitude and phase.
  • E – total strains.
  • ME – mechanical strains.
  • PEEQ – equivalent plastic strain.
  • ENER – energy density.
  • HFL – heat flux.
  • ERR – extrapolation error estimator for stress calculations (ERR and ZZS are mutually exclusive).
  • HER – extrapolation error estimator for heat calculations (HER and ZZS are mutually exclusive).
  • ZZS – Zienkiewicz-Zhu improved stress (ZZS and ERR are mutually exclusive).
  • SDV – internal state variables.
• Global: Yes/No – whether the results are saved in global or local coordinate system

Contact output #

• Name.
• Last iterations: On/O – disabled by default, turning it on enables storage of results from all iterations of the last increment in a separate file named ResultsForLastIterations.frd and can be useful for debugging of diverging analyses.
• Variables to output
  • CDIS – relative contact displacements.
  • CSTR – contact stresses.
  • PCON – contact states for frequency calculations.

Default field outputs are created in each new step added to the model.