I have developed a bridge model, form which I need to extract the strain value at certain locations.
The model was created using shell elements (shown in the figure), I need to compare the strain values at the locations at which sensors are installed in real world.
Initially, I extracted the strain data from the nodes which are closest to the sensor locations. But from the the nodal strain datasheet, I don't know why there are two sets of data at each node (shown in the figure).
However, I realised soon that strains are meant to be obtained from elements, but how to extract the strain values of the elements at which the sensor is located? It there a way to locate those elements knowing the coordinate of the nodes? (The sensor locations are shown in figure, represented by nodes)
Thanks.
Dear Qiqin Yu,I hope these links will be helpful
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_can_I_get_stress_values_at_a_specific_point_x_y_z_in_ANSYS
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_get_Strain_stress_result_in_APDL_while_using_Elements_with_mide_Nodes
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_extract_nodal_and_elemental_data_ANSYS
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