Module category: Tools

• TensorScal
  • Parameters
  • Input Ports
  • Output Ports
  • Examples

TensorScal

TensorScal extracts invariants from tensor fields.

TensorScal is available for all COVISE versions on all supported platforms.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
option	Choice	Options: Spur: sum of diagonal tensor components Stress effective value: effective stress (assuming that the input tensor stands for a symmetric tensor describing a stress state).

Input Ports

Name	Type	Description
requiredvDataIn	Unstructured_T3D_Data	input tensor data

Output Ports

Name	Type	Description
outputsdataOut	Float	output scalar data

Examples

Figure: covise/net/examples/TensorScal.net

From ReadPAM we may get the thickness and a tensor field describing the stress states of shell elements. This tensor field is not directly the stress, but forces per unit of length. In order to get the average effective stress over the thickness of the shells, we have to divide the output of TensorScal by the thickness of the shells. This is done by Calc . The output for the last time step is produced below.