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No rating yet Subject: Re: A Very Basic Question Author: Xiao Gong Date: 1999-01-11 11:47:00Quick answer is: if your mesh is fine enough, there should be no difference of nodal stress or element stress. Keep in mind that nodal stress is always interpolated from element stress, so for all directly calculation purpose, element stress is what in general be used. Hope this helps.
X. (Shawn) Gong, Ph.D. Design Analyst Sulzer Carbomedics Inc. 1300 East Anderson Lane Austin, TX 78752 (Office) 512-435-3566 (FAX) 512-435-3700
> -----Original Message----- > From: Hursha Narayan [SMTP:narayan@s...] > Sent: Friday, January 08, 1999 12:02 PM > To: xansys@o... > Subject: [xansys] A Very Basic Question
> From: Hursha Narayan
> Hello Everybody,
> Under what conditions should one use elemental stress as opposed to nodal > stress. Is there any particular reason using elemental stress in fatigue > calculations. Thanks in advance for your response.