Let's see if we can extract the x deflection of the left cantilever. It should be a positive value and the scalar we can extract is the maximum
disp_x
value in the simulation cell (the left cantilever has positive displacements as it bends right in the positive x direction, while the right cantilever has negative displacements as it bends left in the negative x direction). So we need a postprocessor object that gives us an extreme value of a given variable. Take a look at NodalExtremeValue and try to set it up to output the maximum positive x deflection.
Add the following top level block to the input
[Postprocessors]
[x_deflection]
type = NodalExtremeValue
value_type = max
variable = disp_x
[]
[]
Then update your [Outputs]
block to look like this.
[Outputs]
exodus = true
csv = true
[]
When you run the simulation you should see output like this
Postprocessor Values:
+----------------+----------------+
| time | x_deflection |
+----------------+----------------+
| 0.000000e+00 | 0.000000e+00 |
| 5.000000e-01 | 2.371558e-02 |
| 1.000000e+00 | 4.744654e-02 |
| 1.500000e+00 | 7.119190e-02 |
| 2.000000e+00 | 9.495067e-02 |
| 2.500000e+00 | 1.187218e-01 |
| 3.000000e+00 | 1.425044e-01 |
| 3.500000e+00 | 1.662974e-01 |
| 4.000000e+00 | 1.900998e-01 |
| 4.500000e+00 | 2.139106e-01 |
| 5.000000e+00 | 2.377289e-01 |
+----------------+----------------+
We can plot this data and obtain a curve that shows the x deflection as a function of time (and in our simulation time is proportional to the applied pressure).