Hello everyone,
I want to include an ellipsoidal geometry in my model and simulate it with finite elements. My problem now is that I want to use a hyperelastic material model (e.g. Mooney-Rivlin), and only the "ChElementHexaANCF_3813" element implements that. As I take it from the examples, you need a structured mesh where the hexahedral elements have known dimensions, which is difficult for an ellipsoid. I'm quite new to FEA and have only the following ideas: - divide the geometry into multiple simpler boxes (don't know how to do this automatically yet) - add the hyperelastic material model to the other elements - use an external FEM solver and implement an interface to Chrono (can't estimate how difficult this would be) Maybe you can help me find the best option. Thank you, and kind regards, Paul -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ProjectChrono" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/projectchrono/c31ebd50-9106-4e9d-a2bd-6a05a9378c3en%40googlegroups.com.
