Hi Francesca, It seems to me that your question is more about modeling than it is about FEM implementation. I’d be glad to correspond about the model offline … you can email me directly at f...@psu.edu … I have some experience with CZ models.
Cheers, FC. -- Francesco Costanzo, Senior Associate Department Head Engineering Science and Mechanics Department Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering Address: Center for Neural Engineering The Pennsylvania State University W-315 Millennium Science Complex University Park, PA 16802 USA Phone: (814) 863-2030 Fax: (814) 865-9974 mailto:f...@psu.edu http://www.esm.psu.edu/Faculty/Costanzo/ > On Nov 25, 2022, at 3:45 PM, Wolfgang Bangerth <bange...@colostate.edu> wrote: > > > Francesca, > >> I have a doubt regarding the cohesive zone model that I can't solve and I >> hope that someone can help me. >> I read that the so-called separation "delta" represents the separation >> between the two surfaces of the crack. The traction separation law links the >> traction force in the fracture process zone with this separation. >> Considering for example a bilinear traction separation law. Whent the >> traction is greater than zero, the separation is greater than zero. Does it >> mean that the crack surface begins to separate? It seems that the fracture >> process is modelled as a gradual process, with the separation between crack >> surface monotonicallt increasing untile the final separation is reached (and >> the crack grows). > > I think you need to provide more context to your question. You assume that > everyone knows what the "cohesive zone model" is you are referencing, but we > don't. As a consequence, much of the rest of your question is likely not > going to make much sense to most on this mailing list either. > > Best > W. > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Wolfgang Bangerth email: bange...@colostate.edu > www: http://www.math.colostate.edu/~bangerth/ > > > -- > The deal.II project is located at http://www.dealii.org/ > For mailing list/forum options, see > https://groups.google.com/d/forum/dealii?hl=en > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "deal.II User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to dealii+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dealii/5b89dd83-8fa6-a6a6-6ef4-9a75a48d103a%40colostate.edu. -- The deal.II project is located at http://www.dealii.org/ For mailing list/forum options, see https://groups.google.com/d/forum/dealii?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "deal.II User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dealii+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dealii/68BF124B-32C8-46EB-9434-C05F12707B8D%40me.com.
