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# Cylinder 2d Postprocessing

## **Step 1: Open database**

* Start ***ABAQUS/VIEWER*** using prompt command: ***abaqus vi***(Or under ***Visualization*** Module of ABAQUS/CAE)
* ***File / Open***, and ***Open Database*** window pops up. \*\*\*\*
* Select ***\*.odb*** file and click ***OK*** to open

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## **Step 2: Create a Contour Plot**

* ***Result*** / ***Field Output***. ***Field Output*** window appears.

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* To create the temperature contour, select ***NT11***, click ***OK***. ***Step/Frame*** and ***Contour*** options can be selected.

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* Residual Stresses in the hoop direction. (results can be different if different process settings are used)

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## **Step 3: Options of Contour Plot**

* ***Options*** / ***Common***.  ***Contour Plot Options*** window appears.

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* Under ***Basic*** tab, Check ***Free edges*** under the ***Visible Edges*** option. ***Click OK*** or ***Apply*** to create contour without meshing.

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* Under ***Basic*** tab, change the ***Deformation Scale factor***, set it as ***Uniform***, ***10,*** Click ***Apply***
* ***Options / Contour***, the ***Contour Plot Options*** window pops up. The minimum and maximum values of the legend can be set here.

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## Create contour plot of different phases <a href="#create-contour-plot-of-different-phases" id="create-contour-plot-of-different-phases"></a>

## In *Field Output* window, the following options are most commonly used. <a href="#in-field-output-window-the-following-options-are-most-commonly-used" id="in-field-output-window-the-following-options-are-most-commonly-used"></a>

* SDV1:  carbon content
* SDV2:  hardness in Rockwell C
* SDV21: volume fraction of Austenite
* SDV34: volume fraction of Ferrite
* SDV47: volume fraction of Pearlite
* SVD60: volume fraction of Upper Bainite
* SDV73: volume fraction of Lower Bainite
* SDV86: volume fraction of Martensite
* SDV99: volume fraction of Tempered Martensite

## **Step 4: Create Animation Video Clips**

* ***Animation*** / ***Time history***, animation will be shown on the screen
* ***Animation*** / ***Save as*** to save the animation file (select Microsoft Video 1 option for better quality video)

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