Explore Tab¶

The Explore tab is a free-form viewer for derived analysis quantities. It does not change the analysis result; it only changes what is plotted and what curve is sent to cleanup or figures.

Controls¶

Control	What it does
y dropdown	Chooses the derived quantity plotted on the vertical axis.
x: time -> strain	Switches the horizontal axis from time to true strain. The button text changes to x: strain -> time when strain mode is active.
Negate x	Multiplies the displayed x values by -1.
Negate y	Multiplies the displayed y values by -1.
Send to cleanup ->	Sends the currently displayed (x, y) curve to the Curve cleanup tab.
Send to figures ->	Adds the currently displayed curve to the Figures tab.

Available Y Quantities¶

Quantity	Backend value	Meaning
strain rate e_dot	eps_rate_eng	Engineering strain rate.
v_in	v_in	Velocity at the input/specimen side.
v_out	v_out	Velocity at the output/specimen side.
striker velocity	v_striker	Striker velocity estimate from the incident pulse.
u_in	u_in	Input-side displacement.
u_out	u_out	Output-side displacement.
f_in	f_in	Input-side force.
f_out	f_out	Output-side force.
eng. stress	str_eng	Engineering stress.
true stress	str_true	True stress.

When To Use It¶

Use Explore when you need to inspect a signal that is not one of the fixed Analysis plots, compare a derived quantity against true strain, or pass a non-standard curve into cleanup or figure assembly.