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Tutorial 11 Plot A Force vs. Displacement Curve

This document provides a 10 step tutorial for plotting a force vs. displacement curve from ASCII data files in ANSYS. It describes plotting force vs. time and displacement vs. time curves from separate data files, filtering and inverting the curves, defining them as the x- and y-axes in a cross plot, modifying the chart titles and labels, and saving the final force vs. displacement curve as an image file.

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Tutorial 11 Plot A Force vs. Displacement Curve

This document provides a 10 step tutorial for plotting a force vs. displacement curve from ASCII data files in ANSYS. It describes plotting force vs. time and displacement vs. time curves from separate data files, filtering and inverting the curves, defining them as the x- and y-axes in a cross plot, modifying the chart titles and labels, and saving the final force vs. displacement curve as an image file.

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Tutorial 11: Plot a force vs.

displacement
curve
Case description:
Curve topics covered:
Create from ASCII Data, Filter, Invert, Cross-plot, Save as Text, Save as Image

Files required:
nodout.zip,rcforc.zip

Step 1: Plot Force vs. Time curve


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FEMPostASCII
select "rcforc" from the upper list
click File
open rcforc
select "Sl-1" from the middle list
select "Z-force" from the lower list
click Plot

Step 2: Filter Force vs. Time curve


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right-click Port1 in XY-plot Page Manager


click control
click icon of Set Curve filtering
select Filter: sae
select Time: sec
click Apply

Step 3: Save Force vs. Time curve


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click "write XY-plot data to a file" icon


enter Output Type:Curve file
click Browse to specify a file folder for output files
enter Filename: FvsT.crv
click save

Step 4: Plot Displacement vs. Time curve


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FEMPostASCII
select "nodout" from the upper list
click File
open nodout
select "1000" from the middle list
select "Z-displacement" from the lower list
click Plot

Step 5: Invert Displacement vs. Time curve


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right-click Port2 in XY-plot Page Manager


click control
click icon of process XY-plot data
select inverty
click Apply

Step 6: Save Displacement vs. Time curve


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click "write XY-plot data to a file" icon


enter Output Type:Curve file
click Browse to specify a file folder for output files
enter Filename: DvsT.crv
click save

Step 7: Define X-Axis for cross plot


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FEMPostXY plot
click "Add"button to load the Fvst.crv file and DvsT.crv file
select :DvsT.crv
select Cross
select "DvsT.crv:iny-1000(np=121)" in the bottom panel list
note: at this point selection automatically changes from X-Axis to Y-Axis

Step 8:Define Y-Axis for cross plot


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select "FvsT.crv" in the side panel list


select "FvsT.crv:Sl 1(np=121)" in the bottom panel list
activate :Main
click :new

Step 9: Modify chart titles


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click "Set and change titles/axis labels


enter Plot Title: Force vs. Displacement
enter Legend Title: Curves
enter X-Axis Label: Displacement, mm
enter Y-Axis Label: Force, N

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click Apply

Step 10: Save Force vs. Displacement curve as an image


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click "Open print dialog" icon


click Browse to specify a file folder for output files
enter Name :FvsD
select Extension :PNG
click :Print

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