Examples

Example 1: Visualizing the Gradient of a Stress Field

Here, the 2nd invariant of the deviatoric stress tensor is visualized (left panel) and compared to its gradient (right panel). Notice that a line of cross section is placed across a region of interest - this will become important in Example 2.

We can now zoom in on the gradient subplot and use the Data Cursor to display the 2nd invariant stress value (Pa) for any pixel of our choosing:

Example 2:

Let's take the line of cross section from the gradient field in Example 1 and compare the stress from this example to similar polyphase aggregates as calculated in PLC (here, frequency between peaks is the changing variable):

PLCtools gives you the flexibility to perform all sorts of calculations on your PLC results; how you visualize them is entirely up to you. MATLAB offers rich plotting options which allow you to visualize PLC data at publication-level quality. Examples of how to use some of PLCtools' capabilities are provided in the included MATLAB Live script, PlotPLC.mlx.