Volume Maximum, Volume Minimum, Surface Maximum, Surface Minimum, Line Maximum, and Line Minimum
The derived maximum and minimum values are useful for calculating maximum or minimum quantities for each solution in a data set (a time-dependent solution, for example). Also apply an average, maximum (or minimum), or other operation to compute the maximum or minimum over the entire data set for a quantity, for example.
Under Results, right-click Derived Values () or any Evaluation Group node (), and from the Maximum or Minimum submenus select:
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Volume Maximum () or Volume Minimum () to evaluate a maximum or minimum value over a set of domains in 3D models. The result of the evaluation is stored in a Table and displayed in the Table window.
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Surface Maximum () or Surface Minimum () to evaluate a maximum or minimum value over a set of domains in 2D, 2D axisymmetric, or boundaries in 3D.
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Line Maximum () or Line Minimum () to evaluate a maximum or minimum value over a set of domains in 1D, boundaries in 2D, or edges in 3D.
Advanced
Choose to find the maximum or minimum of the real part or the absolute value, which are different for complex-valued data. Choose Real part (the default) or Absolute value from the Find maximum of or Find minimum of list.
Select an Element refinement (default: 5; the element refinement is the number of partitions of an element edge) to adjust the accuracy of the minimum or maximum values.
Go to Common Results Node Settings for information about these sections: Data, Selection, Expressions, and Data Series Operation.
For a volume maximum example, and if you have the Nonlinear Structural Materials Module, see Polynomial Hyperelastic Model: Application Library path Nonlinear_Structural_Materials_Module/Hyperelasticity/polynomial_hyperelastic.