Post calculations

Description

With version 8.3 all the Z-set post computations can be used with ABAQUS results files, and are in fact used for each of the Z-mat validation examples. It is sufficient to use the ***data_source selection to choose an import format for the results files. The post processing environment contains a large number of very convenient curve extraction routines which can be used to automate analysis post processing. There are also a large number of both global and local post computations which can be applied for failure analysis etc. The post computations are now part of the Z-mat bundle.

Example

An example from the Z-mat tests follows, generating an ASCII datafile with the stress strain behavior as computed at node 2345 of the structure. Note that some mesher operations can be included in the post computation as well to generate nsets for example which were not included in the abaqus model during the pre-processing stage.

****post_processing
   ***data_source fil
    **open doghri.fil

   ***global_post_processing
    **file node
    **output_number 1-999
    **nset ALL_NODE
    **process curve doghri.test
     *precision 4
     *node 2345   eto11 sig11
****return

Note

For Zansys the capability and input is quite the same thing, except that the file format should be ***data_source rst and the problems .rst file should be placed in the open input.