Review Results

15.  Enter the time-history postprocessor and define variables.

Use the time-history postprocessor to look at the variation of temperature with respect to time at one point on the casting (on the symmetry plane).

1. Main Menu:  TimeHist Postpro
2. Utility Menu:  PlotCtrls
        Numbering
3. Turn on Node numbers  -»
4. Numbering shown with colors and numbers  -»
5. OK  -»
6. Utility Menu:  Plot
        Elements

The node at the center of the casting on the symmetry plane is the node of interest.   Use a "get function" to define a variable equal to the value of the node number at the locatrion of interest (16,6,0).  By using a variable to identify the node at the center point, the analysis will be more flexible in that the center node will always be used even if the mesh, and therefore node numbers, change.

7. Utility Menu:  Parameters
        Scalar Parameters
8. Define the variable:  "cntr_pt = node (16,6,0)"  -»
9. Accept  -»
10. Close  -»

Note:  The center point node number is 280.  The node number you get may be different, depending on the mesh.

11. Main Menu:  TimeHist Postproc
         Define Variables
12. Add  -»
13. OK for nodal DOF results  -»
14. Pick center point node
15. OK (in the picking menu)
16. Enter variable "cntr_pt" for node number  -»
17. Enter center for user-specified label  -»
18. OK  -»
19. Close  -»