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font-size: 12px;" lang="x-western">Hi,
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I use an in-house code for FE-analyses using the arc-length
method. The results are stored in hdf5 format. A xmf-file is
generated from this to open results in Paraview. For incrementally
loaded FE-analyses so far I have used the time as a child of each
grid element as shown below.
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My problem is to pass the load factor from the arc-length method
computation to Paraview in order to plot results over load.
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If I define an extra child besides the time like <Load
Value="0.0"/> for the load factor it will not show up in
Paraview (or I haven't found it).
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The time variable seems essential and if I set aside the "real"
time and assign the load factor values to it (which can - for the
arc-length method - decrease) Paraview will order the steps
strictly ascending with time (aka load factor) which shows weird
results.
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One solution would be to assign the load factor as a scalar to
each node. But this would increase the results by the number of
nodes.
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I appreciate any suggestions,
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Sven Heinrich
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Dipl.-Ing. Sven Heinrich
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Institut for Structural Analysis
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Technische Universität Braunschweig
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Beethovenstr. 51
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38106 Braunschweig
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Germany
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Web: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.tu-braunschweig.de/statik">www.tu-braunschweig.de/statik</a>
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Mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:s.heinrich@tu-bs.de">s.heinrich@tu-bs.de</a>
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Tel: 0531/391-3678
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<Xdmf>
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<Domain Name="Output>
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<Grid Name="Brick_Hooke" GridType="Collection"
CollectionType="Temporal">
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<Grid name="S_000000">
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<Time Value="0.0"/>
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<Topology TopologyType="Hex_20"
NumberOfElements="1">
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<DataItem Format="HDF" DataType="Int" Dimensions="1
20">
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&H5File;:/Output/Hooke/Mesh/Connectivity
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</DataItem>
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</Topology>
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<Geometry Type="XYZ">
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<DataItem DataType="Float" Precision="8"
Format="HDF" Dimensions="20 3">
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&H5File;:/Output/Hooke/Mesh/Coordinates
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</DataItem>
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</Geometry>
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<Attribute Name="u" Center="Node" Type="Vector">
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<DataItem DataType="Float" Precision="8"
Format="HDF" Dimensions="20 3">
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&H5File;:/Output/Hooke/Data/S_000000/u
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</DataItem>
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</Attribute>
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</Grid>
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<Grid name="S_000001">
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<Time Value="10.0"/>
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<Topology TopologyType="Hex_20"
NumberOfElements="1">
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<DataItem Format="HDF" DataType="Int" Dimensions="1
20">
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&H5File;:/Output/Discrete/Hooke1/Mesh/Connectivity
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</DataItem>
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</Topology>
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<Geometry Type="XYZ">
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<DataItem DataType="Float" Precision="8"
Format="HDF" Dimensions="20 3">
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&H5File;:/Output/Discrete/Hooke1/Mesh/Coordinates
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</DataItem>
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</Geometry>
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<Attribute Name="u" Center="Node"
Type="Vector">
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<DataItem DataType="Float" Precision="8"
Format="HDF" Dimensions="20 3">
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&H5File;:/Output/Hooke/Data/S_000001/u
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</DataItem>
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</Attribute>
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</Grid>
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</Grid>
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</Domain>
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</Xdmf>
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