********************** **Mesh Strain Tensor** ********************** :: Mesh Strain Tensor = {yes | no} ----------------------- **Description / Usage** ----------------------- The mesh strain tensor is associated with the equations of elasticity. The strain tensor has six entries (in three dimensions, because it is symmetric) called **E11, E22, E33, E12, E13,** and **E23** in the output EXODUS II file, corresponding to the six independent components (the numbers **1, 2,** and **3** indicate the basis direction, e.g. 1 means xdirection for a Cartesian system). The permissible values for this postprocessing option are: ======== =============================================== **yes** Calculate the mesh strain tensor and write the components as nodal variables to the output EXODUS II file. **no** Do not calculate the mesh strain tensor. ======== =============================================== ------------ **Examples** ------------ The following example input card does not request output of the stain tensor: :: Mesh Strain Tensor = no ------------------------- **Technical Discussion** ------------------------- Definitions of the strain tensor depend on the solid constitutive equation type (see description for *Solid Constitutive Equation* card). -------------- **References** -------------- No References.