How to add CAUCHY STRESS option in post view file

[Sagar]

I want to know how Cauchy Stress of a material can be calculated in PostView file ,because there is no option given for Cauchy stress ? Only option available is of Effective Stress
Please Help me

[ateshian]

Hi,

The "stress" in PostView represents the Cauchy stress.

Best,

Gerard

[Sagar]

you mean Cauchy Stress = Effective Stress in PostView

[ateshian]

The Cauchy stress is a tensor. Its components are given in PostView as X-stress, Y-stress, ..., XZ-stress.

The effective stress is a scalar evaluated from the components of the Cauchy stress. The effective stress is often called the von Mises stress (see this Wikipedia website for its description).

Best,

Gerard