Plot > Surface Components > εs - Shear Strain

  Plot > Surface Components > εacc - Accumulated Shear Strain

Contours the shear strain occurring in the in-filling material of DD elements.

This component can be accessed via the Strength Factor Components toolbar as follows:

This toolbar can be changed to a vertical orientation by dragging is against either the right or left hand edge of the main window.

It can be changed back to a horizontal orientation by dragging is against either the top or bottom edge of the main window.

Selecting the button on the Contours toolbar activates the Surface Components toolbar.

The shear strain is determined by dividing the shear displacement (ride) by the DDplane thickness.

CAD > Edit > Entity Properties > DDplane Thickess

Note that there are three components of strain that can be contoured:

Plot > Surface Components > Value > Elastic

Plot > Surface Components > Value > Plastic

Plot > Surface Components > Value > Total

There are also two different ways of presenting the strain:

Plot > Strain > Value > Induced Strain

Plot > Strain > Value > Absolute Strain

Note that is the current level of shear strain acting on the DD surfaces.

Since the displacement can change direction and even reverse during slip, the total accumulated shear strain can give different values.

The contour range is set using

Plot > Range

This component can be added to the contour toolbar if desired

Tools > Configure Contouring Toolbar

Related Topics:

Plot > Surface Components > dEs - Incremental Shear Strain

Plot > Surface Components > ds - Shear Displacement (Ride)