[Gmsh] Calculate principal stresses

[Christophe Geuzaine]

On 06/01/10 10:56, Billy Araujo wrote:
> Anyone know how I can calculate principal stresses s1, s2 and s3 from
> stress tensor using gmsh?
>
> I saw there was a request for a plugin to do that. Was it implemented?
>

Yes: the principal stresses are the eigenvalues of the stress tensor, so 
you can use Plugin(Eigenvalues) to compute them. If you also need the 
principal directions, use Plugin(Eigenvectors).


> Regards,
>
> Billy.
>
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