FAILURE

I/O Options and Subcase Information Entry Used to request failure output for elements referencing PSOLID or PSHELL properties for all subcases or individual subcases, respectively.

Format

FAILURE (format_list) = option

Definitions

Argument Options Description
format <H3D, blank>
H3D
Results are output in Hyper3D format (.h3d file)
blank (Default)
Results are output in all active formats, for which the result is available.
option <YES, NO, blank>
YES (Default), blank
Results are output for all elements.
NO
Results are not output.

Comments

  1. Multiple formats are allowed on the same entry, these should be comma separated. If no format is specified, then this output control applies to all formats defined by OUTPUT or FORMAT commands, for which the result is available. See Results Output by OptiStruct for information on which results are available in which formats.
  2. The von Mises, Tresca, Major Principal, and Minor Principal Factor of Safety (FOS), and the corresponding Margin of Safety (MOS) results are printed to the H3D file. The allowable stress fields, SC, ST, or SS on the referenced materials (MAT1 or MATT1) should be defined to output all failure criteria.