Nodal Averaging of Elemental Results Nodal averaging of elemental results at a node refers to the average of all the element corner results passing through that node
If no corner results are available for an element, centroidal results will be used calculate the nodal average
In the example figure below, four elements are passing through Node 400
The average results at Node 400 is equal to: when Use corner data is turned on
when Use corner data is turned off
Nodal averaging options are selected from the Averaging method drop-down menu on the Contour and Iso Value panels
The options are: • Simple • Advanced • Difference 如果取none,就是对计算结果不进行光滑处理
如果取average,有 simple,advanced等几种方法,其中 simple 和advance的结果差异非常小,difference的应力结果通常会比simple,advance的要大一些, 一般使用 simple就可以了
取平滑和不取平滑,应力结果差别比较大,但对位移结果