prenergy

Mapdl.prenergy(energytype='', cname1='', cname2='', cname3='', cname4='', cname5='', cname6='', **kwargs)

Prints the total energies of a model or the energies of the specified

APDL Command: PRENERGY components.

Parameters:

energytype

Type of energies to be printed:

ALL - All energies are printed: potential, kinetic, artificial hourglass/drill

stiffness, contact stabilization energy, and artificial stabilization energy when applicable. This is the default.

SENE - Potential energy.

KENE - Kinetic energy.

cname1, cname2, cname3,…

Component names for energies of the components printout.

Returns:

str

Str object with the command console output. This object also has the extra methods: to_list(), to_array() (only on listing commands) and to_dataframe() (only if Pandas is installed).
NOTE: If you use these methods, you might obtain a lower precision than using Mesh methods.
For more information visit Postprocessing.

Notes

The PRENERGY command prints out either the total energies of the entire model or the energies of the components depending on the Cname1 specification.

Only existing components based on elements (defined with the CM command) are supported when component energies are listed.

This command applies to structural elements only.