In the 'Navigator - Results', define the stresses, stress ratios, stress ranges, or strains that you want to be displayed graphically on the surfaces.
For each surface location, the values of the selected result type are displayed in color. In the control panel, you can see the color assignments of the stresses, stress ratios, ranges, or strains.
Layers and Layer Sides
For each stress type, you can select the results for the position in the surface cross-section where the stress is available: Top, Middle, or Bottom. By default, all three check boxes are selected: Thus, the envelope is represented from the maximum values of each layer side.
If you want to check the stresses of a specific side, clear the irrelevant check boxes. The following figure shows the normal stresses on the top and bottom sides of a one-way slab.
If you have defined a surface by means of layer elements with the Multilayer Surfaces add-on , you can display the stresses of the individual layers.
Strains
If you have selected the Strain calculation check box in the Global Settings dialog box, you can check surface strains graphically.
Again, you can display the results for each layer side.
Values on Surfaces
The "Values on Surfaces" category at the end of the upper navigator area provides various options for displaying result values on the surfaces.
The functions are described in Chapter Result Values on Surfaces of the RFEM manual. You can also use it for evaluating the stress-strain analysis.
The Current Selection option displays the values of the stress or strain type that you have defined above in the navigator. The result values in the grid or FE mesh points, which can be set in the lower navigator area, thus correspond to the surface gradients (see the image above).
The Groups option allows you to display results for specific stress directions. For this type of display, we recommend not displaying any result diagrams. To do this, select the display option 'From' in the lower navigator section.
Use the Specific option to define the result types for the stress- or strain-related values.
