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 # `VonMisesSettings`

 Last update: 09.03.2026 

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#### *class* Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Results.CompositeFailureResults.VonMisesSettings

Bases: [`object`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#object)

Defines the configuration for the Von Mises failure criterion for isotropic materials.

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## Overview

### Methods

NameDescription[`Reset`](#VonMisesSettings.Reset)Resets the settings to their default values.### Properties

NameDescription[`ConsiderInterlaminarNormalStresses`](#VonMisesSettings.ConsiderInterlaminarNormalStresses)Gets or sets whether interlaminar normal stresses are evaluated.[`EvaluateStrainFailure`](#VonMisesSettings.EvaluateStrainFailure)Gets or sets whether strain failure is evaluated. The corresponding failure label is 'vMe'.[`EvaluateStressFailure`](#VonMisesSettings.EvaluateStressFailure)Gets or sets whether stress failure is evaluated. The corresponding failure label is 'vMs'[`StrainFailureWeightingFactor`](#VonMisesSettings.StrainFailureWeightingFactor)Gets or sets the weighting factor for the strain failure (vMe) evaluation.[`StressFailureWeightingFactor`](#VonMisesSettings.StressFailureWeightingFactor)Gets or sets the weighting factor for the stress failure (vMs) evaluation.<a id="property-detail"></a>

## Property detail

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### *property* VonMisesSettings.ConsiderInterlaminarNormalStresses *: [bool](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or sets whether interlaminar normal stresses are evaluated.

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### *property* VonMisesSettings.EvaluateStrainFailure *: [bool](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or sets whether strain failure is evaluated. The corresponding failure label is 'vMe'.

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### *property* VonMisesSettings.EvaluateStressFailure *: [bool](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or sets whether stress failure is evaluated. The corresponding failure label is 'vMs'

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### *property* VonMisesSettings.StrainFailureWeightingFactor *: [float](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or sets the weighting factor for the strain failure (vMe) evaluation.

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### *property* VonMisesSettings.StressFailureWeightingFactor *: [float](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or sets the weighting factor for the stress failure (vMs) evaluation.

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## Method detail

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### VonMisesSettings.Reset() → [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)

Resets the settings to their default values.