You can choose from a wide range of results to generate with your analysis. When you run an analysis, each result is saved in a separate dataset. Each dataset is divided into several components that you can display after you run the analysis.
An analysis can produce the following results:
• Stress: The force per unit area producing deformation of a mesh element.
• Displacement: The displacement of a mesh element from its original unstressed position due to the applied load(s) as measured at the element nodes.
• Strain: The extension/compression of a mesh element in the direction of the applied stress.
• Reaction Force: The forces encountered at the constraint locations to keep the part in equilibrium.
• Applied Force: The calculated force at the mesh nodes of a vertex, edge or face to which you have applied a force for the analysis.
• Element Force: The calculated forces applied to the individual mesh elements during the analysis.
• Strain Energy: The energy required to produce the calculated strain in the individual elements. Identifying the areas of highest strain energy in your part provides an excellent indication of the areas that would benefit most from changes to the design.
If this result type is selected, Creo Elements/Direct Finite Element Analysis will also calculate the Strain Energy Density, or the strain energy per unit volume. This removes the complication of different size elements and can provide a clearer picture if you have conditioned the mesh.
◦ Temperatures: The temperature distribution of a part in equilibrium.