Brick Cutting Planes: Integrals Tab

Description

Lists cutting plane centroids and integrated forces, moments and heat fluxes.

Dialog

Integrate forces and moments

Calculates and displays integrals and moments of relevant stress results on cutting planes.

Plane ID

Identifier number of the cutting plane.

Result Case

The result case identifier number and name from which the cutting plane results are extracted.

CX / CY / CZ

The coordinates of the cutting plane centroid expressed in the global XYZ coordinate system.

Area

The area of the cutting plane.

F1 / F2 / F3

Total forces at the cutting plane expressed in the first, second, and third axes of the plane's local coordinate system. Computed using area integrals of stress quantities on the cutting planes. F1 and F2 are shear forces in the plane while F3 is a force normal to the plane.

M1 / M2 / M3

Total moments expressed about the first, second and third axes of the plane's local coordinate system, at the cutting plane's centroid. Computed using area integrals of stress quantities weighted by distance to the centroid of the cutting plane. M1 and M2 are bending moments about the 1 and 2 directions on the plane, respectively, while M3 is a torque about the axis normal to the plane.