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cohesive zone with curvature

Submitted by qinfhome2006 on

Experts,

Anyone have experienece of curved cohesive zone model?

I just find people just use straight line cohesive zone geometry model.

Any difference between these two geometries?

Thanks. 

Vladislav,

Thank you! Still have no idea about curved cohesive zone. I'm intending to simulate 2D case in dynamic couple thermal mechanical explicit mode.

Thu, 02/17/2011 - 15:27 Permalink

Why not? In the second article you can find the reference:

"Ortiz and Pandolfi [23] developed a class of three-

dimensional cohesive elements consisting of two

six-node triangular facets (Fig. 7(a)). The opening

displacements are described by quadratic interp-

olation within the element. "

[23] Ortiz, M., Pandolfi, A. (1999) A class of cohesive

elements for the simulation of three-dimensional

crack propagation. Int. J. Numer. Meth. Eng. 44,

1267–1282

 

The method is adapted for explicit simulations. In 2D it is much simpler than in 3D.

 

 

Thu, 02/17/2011 - 18:13 Permalink