Reply To: How to get inelastic strain energy accumulated per cycle for postprocessing in ANSYS student edition

[Sean Harvey]

You can use get the plastic strain energy density using a user defined result in solution. Right click, insert, user defined result. For expression you will enter nlplwk. Keep in mind this is strain energy density contoured on an integration point basis.
Keep in mind that in Analysis Settings Output controls, you need nonlinear data set to yes.
Let us know if this helps.
Regards Sean