SFCALC

SFCALC, LabR, LabS, LabT, TYPE
Calculates the safety factor or margin of safety.

Compatible Products: – | Pro | Premium | Enterprise | Ent PP | Ent Solver | DYNA

LabR

Label assigned to results. If same as existing label, the existing values will be overwritten by these results.

LabS

Labeled result item corresponding to the element stress.

LabT

Labeled result item corresponding to the element temperature.

TYPE

Type of calculation:

0 or 1

 — 

Use safety factor (SF) calculation.

2

 — 

Use margin of safety (MS) calculation.

3

 — 

Use 1/SF calculation.

Notes

Calculates safety factor (SF) or margin of safety (MS) as described for the SFACT command for any labeled result item (see ETABLE command) for the selected elements. Use the PRETAB or PLETAB command to display results. Allowable element stress is determined from the SALLOW-TALLOW table [SALLOW, TALLOW].

Menu Paths

Main Menu>General Postproc>Safety Factor>SF for ElemTable

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