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Plot the “Elastic Strain Energy Density” (PLESOL,SEND,ELASTIC)

- March 25, 2025 at 10:58 am
  
  ThomasDD
  Subscriber
  
  It seems the "Elastic Strain Energy Density" is not written by default in the RST. When I try to plot it with PLESOL,SEND,ELASTIC, I get an error message (see image).
  What do I need to activate to can plot the "Elastic Strain Energy Density"? Thanks!
- March 25, 2025 at 12:27 pm
  
  ThomasDD
  Subscriber
  
  I use Solid185 elements. In the manual of Solid185 I can read, SEND is available, if nonlinear material is used. And I use an elastic-plastic material. I can plot the plastic strains (EPPL) for example, but not SEND...
- March 25, 2025 at 2:56 pm
  
  Erik Kostson
  Ansys Employee
  
  HI
  Try perhaps before solving to issue,
  /SOLU
  outres,all,all
  All the best
  Erik
- March 25, 2025 at 5:34 pm
  
  ThomasDD
  Subscriber
  
  It seems I have it. It is a version conflict. I always thought Ansys was backwards compatible, i.e. I can open older RST files with a newer Ansys version. But that doesn't seem to work completely. Certain result variables cannot be accessed when loading older RST files. I have repeated the calculation with the current Ansys version that I am using. And now I have access to the Elastic Strain Energy Density.

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