Components for Shell Resultant
When you select Shell Resultant from the Quantity drop-down list, a secondary quantity drop-down list appears. Depending on what you select from the secondary quantity drop-down list, the Component drop-down list displays the components specific to this quantity. Use this drop-down list to further refine your quantity definition.
If you select Moment or Force from the secondary quantity drop-down list, these options appear on the Component drop-down list:
• Max Principal—the maximum principal shell resultant. For mixed locations that include beams, Max Principal specifies total stress or strain for beams
• Min Principal—the minimum principal shell resultant
• All Principals—all the principal shell resultants
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You can select the All Principals component when the Display Type is Vectors. You can view the vector plot of all the principal components of the shell resultant.
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• XX—normal shell resultant along the X axis
• XY—shear shell resultant acting in the Y direction on the plane whose outward normal is parallel to the X axis
• YY—normal shell resultant along the Y axis
If you select Transverse Shear Force from the secondary quantity drop-down list, these options appear on the drop-down list:
• X—shear force acting in the Z direction on the plane whose outward normal is parallel to the X axis
• Y—shear force acting in the Z direction on the plane whose outward normal is parallel to the Y axis
Regardless of whether you choose Force, Moment, or Transverse Shear Force from the secondary menu, Creo Simulate enables you to select a reference coordinate system for any of the directional components. If you change the coordinate system type for your results display, the directional components in the Component drop-down list change to reflect the new coordinate system. For example, if you change from the Cartesian coordinate system to the Cylindrical coordinate system, the labels change from XX, YY, and ZZ to RR, TT, and ZZ. For more information, see Results Relative to Coordinate Systems.