Plastic Calculation

How is it possible that a model zone performs plastic work (calculated from the command: zone.work.plastic.total()) but does not have a plasticity stage with the command: zone state? In my model this happens and I don’t understand the logic behind it.

What if you plot the zone state but you look to “state by any”? Could be possible that one of the sub-tets is undergoing plasticity but, “in average” the zone stays elastic?

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Indeed now if the results make sense. Thank you very much.

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