ANSYS Mechanical APDL - How to scope results to specific elements of an assembly

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This discussion focuses on scoping results in ANSYS Mechanical APDL to specific elements of an assembly, particularly the adhesive layer. The user successfully scoped results for deformation and equivalent stress in ANSYS Workbench but encountered difficulties replicating this in ANSYS APDL. The specific commands mentioned include PLDISP and PLNSOL for visualizing results. The need for clear guidance on achieving similar results in APDL is emphasized.

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  • Research how to use the *GET command in ANSYS APDL for element selection
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Hi,

I have been using both ANSYS APDL and ANSYS Workbench (Mechanical) to run analysis on a structure. After loading the structure, in Mechanical i was able to scope my results for deformation and EQUIV stress to just the adhesive layer as this is what I am interested in.

However, I can't work out how to do the same in APDL. This is an example of the scoped results i mentioned that was done in Mechanical.


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Any help is much appreciated
Many Thanks
 
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