Tutorial - Introduction to Nastran Results - Displacements, forces, stresses, composite ply stresses

This tutorial is an introduction to Nastran results.
The Post-processor web app is used to inspect the following types of results.
- Deformations/Displacements
- Stresses of CQUAD4, CTRIA3 and PSHELL entries
- Composite ply stresses of CQUAD8 and PCOMP entries
- Beam forces, moments and stresses of CBEAM and PBMSECT entries
- Element forces of CBUSH and PBUSH entries
- Element forces of CFAST and PFAST entries
This tutorial also details how to export element forces for CBUSH elements to a CSV file.
The analysis results are for 3 load cases after an optimization. This tutorial discusses how to distinguish results across different load cases and optimization design cycles.
The Post-processor web app is free to MSC Nastran users. The Post-processor web app is only compatible with MSC Nastran.