The results loader can contain any type of result which belongs to that structural model. That is, in case of solving a transient analysis, the results would be added on the results loader once the solving process has already finished, being able to select any of them from the file box.
Not only results files solved with the current analysis can be added but also results files from previous analysis, being possible to add static results along with harmonic results, for instance.
In CivilFEM, when solving a structural analysis, three different Result Types may be selected:
Node Results.
End Results.
Element Results.
Nodal results are displayed or listed according to the global coordinate system. The following quantities at each nodal point are available:
Displacements and rotations.
Reaction forces and moments at fixed boundary conditions.
End results:
Forces and moments: axial, bending, shear, torsion.
Curvatures.
The system provides the element data for each node end (I,J for beams, I,J,K,L for shells). The orientation of these physical components depends on the structural element coordinate system.
Element results are derived data such as stresses and strains.
The system provides the element data at each integration point. All quantities are total values at the current state (at the end of the current load case), and the physical components are printed for each tensor quantity (stress, strain). The orientation of these physical components depends on the structural element coordinate system.
On the other hand, if a thermal model is getting solved, two different Result Types are available to chose:
Update structural elements visibility when loading result files by activation/deactivation time
The Activation/Deactivation button works along with the plotting as a result of visualizing only the available structural elements. This is determined by the assigned activation/deactivation time, specified in the material attached to the structural element.
For further information or even visualization of this utility, construction process document details a tunnel construction process in its different phases.
