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[FirasBejar]

Hello,

I have a simple geometry let's say a cube to which a force is being applied. I want to extract the strain energy density but I can only find the strain energy under solution. How can I do so?

Is there a direct relation between the strain energy and the strain energy density?

And I believe the strain energy is a field that changes throughout the structure, can I average it to a single value by summing up all the local values and dividing by their number? Does this even have a physical meaning?

Many thanks,

[Aniket Chavan]

Energy density = Energy / Volume.
This can be done in Workbench Mechanical using User Defined Results.
1. Under the Solution tree, insert a "User Defined Result"
2. In the Details of the "User Defined Results", and under Expression, enter "ENERGYPOTENTIAL/VOLUME"

-Aniket
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