Evaluating Plastic Strain in LS-DYNA — Lesson 2

How do you plot plastic strain in LS-DYNA software?

The user needs to set both "Strain" and "Plastic Strain" to "Yes" in the Output Controls, which are under Analysis Settings in the WB LS-DYNA model. You should also make sure the material model includes plasticity and that its von Mises stress exceeds the material yield stress.

Once the model has finished its run and has the solution, the user needs to highlight the solution in the Tree Outline, then click on “Worksheet” in the top toolbar. This will show the list of user-defined results. Find the effective plastic strain (EPS) and right-click it to create the user-defined result.

Finally, right-click on EPS to evaluate the results. This should show the results of plastic strain.