Plot results at a section in a 3D FEA

[Ashu2912]

Dear FEAPpers,

I am doing the 3D FEA of a brick prism. I want to plot the stress values at the mid-section using FEAPpv. Is there a command for this? I have searched the manual and could not find a command to do this. Any other way to do this?I have attached my plot for reference.

Thanks and Regards,
Ashutosh

[Prof. R.L. Taylor]

Check the PLOT CLIP command (read appendix if not in text part).  This only clips on element boundaries so can be crude. 

Another option is to use 'wire" fram plots which allow one to see some of the inside behavior. There are wire options for contours and stresses.  PLOT WSTR  is stress command.

[FEAP_Admin]

Another way to do this is to make your mesh out of two materials both having the same material properties (make sure to tie the parts together).  Then in plot you can say mate,1 or mate,2 and then issue your stress commands.  This will then only show the selected material and hence expose the interior for plotting.  It isn't very automatic but for a one-off analysis works.