Reply To: Equivalent Total Strain vs EPTO1

[Erik Kostson]

See here:

 EPTO1 means total maximum principal strain (so epsilon_tot_11)

The equivalent total strain is as per the help manual:

' The equivalent total strain gives a total value of strain in any engineering body. The total strain components are calculated by addition of components of elastic, plastic, thermal, and creep strains and then equivalent total strain is calculated from total strain components. This result type is available in Mechanical only if at least one of the other three strain results is available for post processing'

 

Help manual:

Stress and Strain (ansys.com)

See below how to open the help link above:

/forum/forums/topic/how-to-access-the-ansys-online-help/

 

See also this discussion:

/forum/forums/topic/strain-von-mises-vs-principal-for-brittle-material/

All the best 

Erik