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Hi

first of all you have two "parametric sweeps" the continuation on a steady state solver, or the specific parametric sweep node, I assume you have chosen the "continuation" one.

normally your data set is then divided into a set of results, and you chose in the main plot menu one , a few or all of the resolved data steps (If its a full Parametric sweep node then you might have several Data sets and you must switch data sets

If you use a derived value for post processing, you get tables with the first column the Parameter value and the full list of results

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Good luck
Ivar

Thank you for your quick and kind answer.

As I am a new in using Comsol, I don't understand two sentences of your answer.

The first one is that I don't know the difference between "parametric sweep" as the continuation on a steady state solver and the specific parametric sweep node.

The second one is that in the Results section, where I see only one data set. Maybe I have chosen the wrong option in Parametric sweep.

I have attached my file I used for the simulation if it can help.

Hi

try a search on the FORUM, its has been discussed many times ;)

What you have in the file is the "full or external" (my names) Parametric sweep, it scans the geoemtry, the mesh and the solver, but at each sequence it restarts with the default initial conditions

The other parametric sweep, is inside the stationary study under Extension Continuation. This loop does NOT pass over the geometry and mesh, so these remain, but the physics is swept with the defined parameter(s) and each new parameter step, starts with the initial conditions of the previous step.

But something is wrong, on your file, as the solution does not seem to loop around ;)

Try: select the Study 1 Stationary node, and open the Extension tab, enter by selecting the "displacement", then copy the range from the Parametric sweep node into the range of the Extension- continuation node. then delete the parametric sweep node fully and solve. You might need to delete your solver sequence and regenerate it, this will probably delete your results plot so these must also be redefined then.

Be aware that your mesh is rather coarse for true stress analysis, but should be acceptable for global displacement estimations

By the way, consider update your version to latest patch (166) there a re few things that have been improved since
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Good luck
Ivar

I have followed your instructions and the loop-solution has worked fine, as I expected.

Thank you very much for your help.

Best regards.

Gaetano