Supported Nastran Results

HyperView supports Nastran FEMZIP, OP2 and XDB result file formats.

Data types supported from Nastran OP2 files include:

Data Name	Result Type	Data Type
1D Element (Forces / Moments)*	ELEMENT	VECTOR
Acceleration (Translation / Rotation)	NODE	VECTOR
Applied (Forces / Moments)	NODE	VECTOR
Contact (Force / Moment / Traction)	NODE	VECTOR
Displacement	NODE	VECTOR
Element (Fluxes / Gradients)	ELEMENT	VECTOR
Grid Point Element (Forces / Moments)**	ELEMENT	VECTOR
MPC (Forces / Moments)	NODE	VECTOR
Rotation	NODE	VECTOR
SPC (Forces / Moment)	NODE	VECTOR
Summed (Forces / Moments)	NODE	VECTOR
Velocity (Translation / Rotation)	NODE	VECTOR
2D Element (Forces / Moments)***	ELEMENT	TENSOR3-D \|TENSOR2-D
Composite (Stress / Strain)	ELEMENT	TENSOR3-D \|TENSOR2-D
Grid Point Stresses	NODE	TENSOR3-D \|TENSOR2-D
Nonlinear Strain	ELEMENT	TENSOR3-D \|TENSOR2-D
C	ELEMENT	TENSOR3-D \|TENSOR2-D
PSD Stress	ELEMENT	TENSOR3-D \|TENSOR2-D
RMS Stress	ELEMENT	TENSOR3-D \|TENSOR2-D
Strain	ELEMENT	TENSOR3-D \|TENSOR2-D
Stress	ELEMENT	TENSOR3-D \|TENSOR2-D
1D Force: CROD Axial Force CROD Torque CBAR Bending Moment (A1 / A2) CBAR Bending Moment (B1 / B2) CBAR Shear1 CBAR Shear2 CBAR Axial Force CBAR Torque CBEAM Bending Moment (Plane1 A / Plane2 A) CBEAM Bending Moment (Plane1 B / Plane2 B) CBEAM Web Shear (Plane1 A / Plane2 A) CBEAM Web Shear (Plane1 B / Plane2 B) CBEAM Axial Force (A / B) CBEAM Total Torque (A / B) CBEAM Warping Torque (A / B) CBUSH Force (x / y / z) CBUSH Moment (x / y / z) CELAS1 Force CELAS2 Force CGAP Normal x CGAP Shear (v / w / y / z) CGAP Axial u CGAP Slip (v / w) CWELD Bending Moment (Plane1 A / Plane2 A) CWELD Bending Moment (Plane1 B / Plane2 B) CWELD Shear (Plane1 / Plane2) CWELD Axial Force CWELD Torque	ELEMENT	SCALAR
1D Nonlinear Stress CBEAM Equivalent Stress at Point (C1 / C2) CBEAM Equivalent Stress at Point (D1 / D2) CBEAM Equivalent Stress at Point (E1 / E2) CBEAM Equivalent Stress at Point (F1 / F2) CBEAM Long Stress at Point (C1 / C2) CBEAM Long Stress at Point (D1 / D2) CBEAM Long Stress at Point (E1 / E2) CBEAM Long Stress at Point (F1 / F2)	ELEMENT	SCALAR
1D Nonlinear Strain CBEAM Effective Creep Strain at Point (C1 / C2) CBEAM Effective Creep Strain at Point (D1 / D2) CBEAM Effective Creep Strain at Point (E1 / E2) CBEAM Effective Creep Strain at Point (F1 / F2) CBEAM Effective Plastic Strain at Point (C1 / C2) CBEAM Effective Plastic Strain at Point (D1 / D2) CBEAM Effective Plastic Strain at Point (E1 / E2) CBEAM Effective Plastic Strain at Point (F1 / F2) CBEAM Total Strain at Point (C1 / C2) CBEAM Total Strain at Point (D1 / D2) CBEAM Total Strain at Point (E1 / E2) CBEAM Total Strain at Point (F1 / F2)	ELEMENT	SCALAR
1D Strain CBAR Axial CBAR (SA1 / SA2 / SA3 / SA4) CBAR SA (Maximum / Minimum) CBAR Safety Margin (Compression / Tension) CBAR (SB1 / SB2 / SB3 / SB4) CBAR SB (Maximum / Minimum) CBEAM Long Strain at Point (C1 / C2) CBEAM Long Strain at Point (D1 / D2) CBEAM Long Strain at Point (E1 / E2) CBEAM Long Strain at Point (F1 / F2) CBEAM Margin of Safety (Compression1 / Compression2) CBEAM Margin of Safety (Tension1 / Tension2) CBEAM Maximum (Strain1 / Strain2) CBEAM Minimum (Strain1 / Strain2) CELAS Strain CROD Axial (Strain / Safety Margin) CROD Torsional (Strain / Safety Margin) CWELD Axial Strain CWELD Max Shear Strain CWELD Max (Strain A / Strain B) CWELD Min (Strain A / Strain B)	ELEMENT	SCALAR
1D Stress CBAR Axial CBAR (SA1 / SA2, SA3, SA4) CBAR SA (Maximum / Minimum) CBAR Safety Margin (Compression / Tension) CBAR (SB1 / SB2 / SB3 / SB4) CBAR SB (Maximum / Minimum) CBEAM Long Stress at Point (C1 / C2) CBEAM Long Stress at Point (D1 / D2) CBEAM Long Stress at Point (E1 / E2) CBEAM Long Stress at Point (F1 / F2) CBEAM Maximum (Stress1 / Stress2) CBEAM Margin of Safety (Compression1 / Compression2) CBEAM Margin of Safety (Tension1 / Tension2) CBEAM Minimum (Stress1 / Stress2) CELAS Stress CROD Axial (Stress / Safety Margin) CROD Torsional (Stress / Safety Margin) CWELD Axial Stress CWELD Bearing Stress CWELD Max Shear Stress CWELD Max (Stress A / Stress B) CWELD Min (Stress A / Stress B)	ELEMENT	SCALAR
2D Force Membrane (x / y / xy) Bending (x / y / xy) trans_shear (x / y)	ELEMENT	SCALAR
CBEAM Forces***** CBEAM Axial Force CBEAM Bending Moment (Plane1 / Plane2) CBEAM Total Torque CBEAM Warping Torque CBEAM Web Shear (Plane1 / Plane2)	ELEMENT	SCALAR
CHBDYG Applied Load Forced Convection Free Convection Radiation Total	ELEMENT	SCALAR
Contact Pressure	NODE	SCALAR
Contact Status	NODE	SCALAR
Contact Stress Normal Stress Friction Stress 1 Friction Stress 2	NODE	SCALAR
CSHEAR Force Force (4 to 1 / 2 to 1) Force (1 to 2 / 3 to 2) Force (2 to 3 / 4 to 3) Force (3 to 4 / 1 to 4) Kick Force on (1 / 2 / 3 / 4) Shear (12 / 23 / 34 / 41)	ELEMENT	SCALAR
CSHEAR Forces**** Corner Forces Kick Forces Shear Forces	ELEMENT	SCALAR
CSHEAR Strain Average shear Maximum shear Safety margin	ELEMENT	SCALAR
CSHEAR Stress Maximum shear Average shear Safety margin	ELEMENT	SCALAR
CWELD Force Axial Force Bending Moment (Plane1 A / Plane2 A) Bending Moment (Plane1 B / Plane2 B) Shear (Plane1 / Plane2) Torque	ELEMENT	SCALAR
CWELD Strain Axial Strain Max Shear Strain Max Strain (A / B) Min Strain (A / B)	ELEMENT	SCALAR
CWELD Stress Axial Stress Bearing Stress Max Shear Stress Max Stress (A / B) Min Stress (A / B)	ELEMENT	SCALAR
Damping Energy Damping Energy % of Total Energy Energy Density	ELEMENT	SCALAR
Direct Grid Point Stresses Mean Pressure Normal (x / y / z) Shearxy Shearyz Shearzx Vonmises	NODE	SCALAR
Direct Strain Firstprincipal Normal (x / y /z) Secondprincipal Shearangle Shearxy Shearyz Shearzx Thirdprincipal Vonmises	ELEMENT	SCALAR
Direct Stress Firstprincipal Normal (x / y / z) Secondprincipal Shearangle Shearxy Shearyz Shearzx Thirdprincipal Vonmises	ELEMENT	SCALAR
Failure Index For Direct Stress For Inter Laminar Stress	ELEMENT	SCALAR
Grid Temperatures	NODE	SCALAR
Heat Flow Applied Load Convection Convection Coefficient Radiation Total	ELEMENT	SCALAR
Inter Laminar Strain Shear XZ Shear YZ	ELEMENT	SCALAR
Inter Laminar Stress Shear XZ Shear YZ	ELEMENT	SCALAR
Kinetic Energy Kinetic Energy % of Total Energy Energy Density	ELEMENT	SCALAR
Nonlinear Strain Creep Normal (x / y / z) Plastic Shearxy Shearyz Shearzx	ELEMENT	SCALAR
Nonlinear Stress Equivalent Normal (x / y / z) Shearxy Shearyz Shearzx	ELEMENT	SCALAR
Axisymmetric Strain Radial Azimuthal Axial Shear Stress Maximum Principal Maximum Shear Octahedral	ELEMENT	SCALAR
Axisymmetric Stress Radial Azimuthal Axial Shear Stress Maximum Principal Maximum Shear Octahedral	ELEMENT	SCALAR
Ply Thickness	ELEMENT	SCALAR
Shell Thickness	ELEMENT	SCALAR
Strain Energy Strain Energy % of total energy Energy density	ELEMENT	SCALAR
Temperature	NODE	SCALAR

The following table provides details about HyperView’s support for Nastran.

See Element Forces (Vector Plot) for more details.

Grid Point Element Forces/Moments are read into HV as element results with Corner Data. Corner data values represent the individual nodal grid point forces/moments for the given element.

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See Element Forces (Tensor Plot) for more details.

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CSHEAR Forces are read into HV as element results with Corner Data. Corner data values represent the following:

•	Corner Forces: N1: Force 4 to 1

•	Corner Forces: N2: Force 1 to 2

•	Corner Forces: N3: Force 2 to 3

•	Corner Forces: N4: Force 3 to 4

•	Shear Forces: N1: Shear 41

•	Shear Forces: N2: Shear 12

•	Shear Forces: N3: Shear 23

•	Shear Forces: N4: Shear 34

•	Kick Forces: N1: Kick 1

•	Kick Forces: N2: Kick 2

•	Kick Forces: N3: Kick 3

•	Kick Forces: N4: Kick 4

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CBEAM Forces are read into HV as element results with Corner Data. Corner data values represent the individual nodal grid point forces for the given element.

Notes:

•	HyperView supports composite stress in OP2 result files generated from Nastran 2012.

•	HyperView supports GPFORCE results in OP2 result files for frequency response.

•	HyperView supports OP2 result files generated with the option PARAM, POST, 1.

•	HyperView supports the following data block names for PARAM, POST, -1:

OQG1, OUGV1, OES1, OEF1, OSTR1, ONRGY1, OES1X .

•	HyperView supports the following data block names for PARAM, POST, -2:

OQG1, BOUGV1, OUGV1, OES1, OEF1, OSTR1, ONRGY1, OES1X.

•	HyperView supports the following element types for stress and strain data types:

CQUAD (33), CQUADR (82), CTETRA (39), CTRIAR(70) CQUAD8 (64), CHEXA (67), CPENTA (68), CTRIA3 (74)

CTRIA6 (75), CQUAD4(144), CTRIAX6 (53)

For corner stress and strain, following element types are supported:

CQUAD8 (64), CTRIA6 (75), CQUAD4(144), CTETRA (39), CHEXA (67), CPENTA (68)

•	HyperView supports the following element types for force data type:

CROD(1), CONROD(10), CBEAM(2), CELAS1(11), CELAS2(12), CGAP(38), CBAR(34), CQUAD4(33), CTRIA3(74),

CQUAD(64), CQUADR(82), CTRIA6(75), CTRIAR(70), CQUAD4(144)

•	For modal frequency response problems (sol 103), the simulation name is Mode # f #Hz.

•	HyperView supports the following data block names for geometry:

GEOM1, GEOM1S, GEOM2, GEOM2S

HEX8(208), HEX20(220), PENTA6(206), PENTA15(215), TETRA4(204),

TETRA10(210), QUAD4(104), TRIA3(103), QUAD8(108), TRIA6(106),BAR(60),

ROD(61)

•	All tensor results (2D and 3D) should be viewed in the Element Result System

•	To extract only a selected set of results, use the external translator HvTrans to create an h3d file.

Reading Nastran Model and Result Files

Functionality	HyperView – Animation Window
Reads model file directly	DAT, NAS, BDF, OP2, XDB
Reads results file directly	OP2, XDB
Reads translated results	PCH (hmnast: HMRES and H3D) OP2 (hmnast02:HMRES and H3D)
Nastran Results Form for OP2 and XDB
Nastran centroidal results	Yes
Nastran corner results	Yes
Thickness contour	Yes
Coordinate Systems
Transforms results to other system type in application	Yes
Transform any tensor to vector results	Yes

Supported Nastran Results in HyperView

Supported Nastran Results in HyperView

Supported Nastran Results in HyperView

Data Name

Result Type

Data Type

1D Force:

1D Nonlinear Stress

1D Nonlinear Strain

1D Strain

1D Stress

2D Force

CBEAM Forces*****

CHBDYG

CSHEAR Force

CSHEAR Forces****

CSHEAR Strain

CSHEAR Stress

CWELD Force

CWELD Strain

CWELD Stress

Axisymmetric Strain

Axisymmetric Stress

Notes:

Reading Nastran Model and Result Files

Functionality

HyperView – Animation Window

Nastran Results Form for OP2 and XDB

Coordinate Systems