TOTAL STRAIN ENERGY

[sunsun]

Hi!

How can i obtain the total strain energy.
I'm working with PATRAN, and i've submited the model in SOL600.

thanks.

 

[ymurta]

Hello,

one way to get the total strain energy out of nastran is to request it for one element or more in the F06 file (ESE(PRINT)=<elm set number>). Nastran writes the total strain energy down by default in the F06.

Hope it helps.

Yvan Murta
Stress Engineer
NastranWorks - contact@nastranworks.com