Output of Cauchy (true) stresses

Jul 10, 2007 0 Replies

Dear all,



I am running ABAQUS/CAE with the NLgeom flag set to ON.



I want to view on the deformed shape (that ABAQUS chooses automatically) the Cauchy stresses in local coordinates (i.e., in element-bound coords after deformation).



Obviously, I cannot set a user-defined transformation, as that would have to vary from point to point.



Is there a flag I can set that gets things done in one step?



Do I have to write out deformed frames of reference (how???) and transform the reported components back myself?



Please, Help!!!



Paul.



Ph.D. candidate Civil Engineering Democritus U. of Thrace



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