Release notes for different versions of the LS-DYNA software are available for download below. Many of these releases are no longer supported. The release dates are listed here.
| Version | Release Date | Release Notes Date | Format | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R14.2.0 (rev0) | 2026-07-04 | 2026-07-04 | HTML | Download (HTML) |
| R14.2.0 (rev0) | 2026-07-04 | 2026-07-04 | Download (PDF) | |
| R17.0.0 (rev0) | 2026-06-01 | 2026-06-01 | HTML | Download (HTML) |
| R17.0.0 (rev0) | 2026-06-01 | 2026-06-01 | Download (PDF) | |
| R13.2.0 (rev0) | 2026-05-11 | 2026-05-11 | HTML | Download (HTML) |
| R13.2.0 (rev0) | 2026-05-11 | 2026-05-11 | Download (PDF) | |
| R16.2.0 (rev1) | 2026-04-07 | 2026-04-16 | HTML | Download (HTML) |
| R16.2.0 (rev1) | 2026-04-07 | 2026-04-16 | Download (PDF) | |
| R16.1.1 (rev0) | 2025-10-01 | 2025-10-01 | HTML | Download (HTML) |
| R16.1.1 (rev0) | 2025-10-01 | 2025-10-01 | Download (PDF) | |
| R16.1.0 (rev0) | 2025-07-21 | 2025-07-21 | HTML | Download (HTML) |
| R16.1.0 (rev0) | 2025-07-21 | 2025-07-21 | Download (PDF) | |
| R16.0.0 (rev1) | 2025-03-20 | 2025-07-11 | HTML | Download (HTML) |
| R16.0.0 (rev1) | 2025-03-20 | 2025-07-11 | Download (PDF) | |
| R15.0.2 (rev0) | 2024-03-20 | 2024-03-20 | HTML | Download (HTML) |
| R15.0.2 (rev0) | 2024-03-20 | 2024-03-20 | Download (PDF) | |
| R15.0.1 (rev0) | 2024-03-04 | 2024-03-04 | HTML | Download (HTML) |
| R15.0.1 (rev0) | 2024-03-04 | 2024-03-04 | Download (PDF) | |
| R15.0.0 (rev0) | 2024-02-29 | 2024-02-29 | HTML | Download (HTML) |
| R15.0.0 (rev0) | 2024-02-29 | 2024-02-29 | Download (PDF) | |
| R14.1.0 (rev0) | 2023-10-16 | 2023-10-16 | HTML | Download (HTML) |
| R12.2.1 (rev0) | 2023-04-05 | 2023-04-05 | HTML | Download (HTML) |
| R14.0.0 (rev0) | 2022-12-12 | 2022-12-12 | HTML | Download (HTML) |
| R14.0.0 (rev1) | 2022-12-12 | 2022-12-12 | HTML | Download (HTML) |
| R13.1.1 (rev1) | 2022-06-30 | 2022-09-02 | Download (PDF) | |
| R13.1.1 (rev0) | 2022-06-30 | 2022-06-30 | Download (PDF) | |
| R13.1.0 (rev0) | 2022-03-10 | 2022-03-10 | Download (PDF) | |
| R13.0.0 (rev2) | 2021-08-10 | 2021-11-30 | Download (PDF) | |
| R13.0.0 (rev1) | 2021-08-10 | 2021-11-19 | Download (PDF) | |
| R12.1.0 (rev0) | 2021-10-29 | 2021-10-29 | Download (PDF) | |
| R13.0.0 (rev0) | 2021-08-10 | 2021-08-10 | Download (PDF) | |
| R11.2.2 (rev0) | 2021-05-03 | 2021-05-03 | Download (PDF) | |
| R11.2.1 (rev0) | 2021-02-05 | 2021-02-05 | Download (PDF) | |
| R11.2.0 (rev0) | 2020-10-15 | 2020-10-15 | Download (PDF) | |
| R12.0.0 (rev0) | 2020-06-19 | 2020-06-19 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R12.0.0 (rev1) | 2020-06-19 | 2020-06-19 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R9.3.1 (rev0) | 2019-09-24 | 2019-09-24 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R11.1.0 (rev0) | 2019-08-12 | 2019-08-12 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R10.2.0 (rev0) | 2019-03-05 | 2019-03-05 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R11.0.0 (rev0) | 2018-08-27 | 2018-08-27 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R11.0.0 (rev1) | 2018-08-27 | 2018-08-27 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R9.3.0 (rev0) | 2018-07-09 | 2018-07-09 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R9.3.0 (rev1) | 2018-07-09 | 2018-07-09 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R10.1.0 (rev0) | 2018-01-12 | 2018-01-12 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R9.2.0 (rev0) | 2017-08-15 | 2017-08-15 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R10.0.0 (rev0) | 2017-07-05 | 2017-07-05 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R10.0.0 (rev1) | 2017-07-05 | 2017-07-05 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R10.0.0 (rev2) | 2017-07-05 | 2017-07-05 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R9.1.0 (rev0) | 2017-01-19 | 2017-01-19 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R9.0.1.REV | 2016-08-10 | 2016-08-10 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R9.0.1 (rev1) | 2016-08-10 | 2016-08-10 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R7.1.3 | 2016-05-17 | 2016-05-17 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R8.1.0 (rev0) | 2016-02-24 | 2016-02-24 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R8.0.0 (rev1) | 2015-01-22 | 2015-01-22 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R8.0.0 (rev0) | 2015-01-22 | 2015-01-22 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R7.1.2 (rev1) | 2015-01-07 | 2015-01-07 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R7.1.2 (rev0) | 2015-01-07 | 2015-01-07 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R7.1.1 (rev0) | 2014-04-04 | 2014-04-04 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R7.1.0 (rev0) | 2014-02-19 | 2014-02-19 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R7.1.0 (rev1) | 2014-02-19 | 2014-02-19 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R7.1.0 (rev2) | 2014-02-19 | 2014-02-19 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R7.1.0 (rev3) | 2014-02-19 | 2014-02-19 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R7.1.0 (rev4) | 2014-02-19 | 2014-02-19 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R6.1.2 (rev0) | 2013-11-05 | 2013-11-05 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R6.1.2 (rev1) | 2013-11-05 | 2013-11-05 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R7.0.0 (rev1) | 2013-01-10 | 2013-01-10 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R7.0.0 (rev2) | 2013-01-10 | 2013-01-10 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R7.0.0 (rev3) | 2013-01-10 | 2013-01-10 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R6.1.1 (rev0) | 2013-01-02 | 2013-01-02 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R6.1.0 (rev1) | 2012-06-26 | 2012-06-26 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R6.0.0 (rev2) | 2012-01-24 | 2012-01-24 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R5.1 | 2011-03-23 | 2011-03-23 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R5.1.1 | 2011-03-23 | 2011-03-23 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R5.0 | 2010-04-10 | 2010-04-10 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R4.2.1 | 2009-06-08 | 2009-06-08 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R4.2 | 2009-02-04 | 2009-02-04 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R3.2.1 | 2008-09-18 | 2008-09-18 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R3.2 | 2008-08-06 | 2008-08-06 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| R3.1 | 2008-03-19 | 2008-03-19 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| V971-7600-1224 | 2007-08-13 | 2007-08-13 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| V971-7600-1116 | 2007-06-12 | 2007-06-12 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| V971-7600-1077 | 2007-05-18 | 2007-05-18 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| V971-7600-398 | 2006-08-17 | 2006-08-17 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| V971-7600-129 | 2006-06-01 | 2006-06-01 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| V970-6763-169 | 2005-11-28 | 2005-11-28 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| V970-6763.169 (rev1) | 2005-11-28 | 2005-11-28 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| V970-6763-86 | 2005-10-14 | 2005-10-14 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| V970-5434 | 2005-01-03 | 2005-01-03 | Download (PDF) | |
| V970-5434A | 2005-01-03 | 2005-01-03 | TXT | Download (TXT) |
| V970-3858 | 2003-08-31 | 2003-08-31 | TXT | Download (TXT) |