New question #683967 on Yade: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/683967
Hi, I want to use the GlobalStiffnessTimeStepper in conjunction with the Potential Blocks code. Currently, this engine assumes that the stiffnesses "phys->kn" and "phys->ks" are in [N/m] units [1]. In my case, in the KnKsPBLaw.cpp the "phys->kn" and "phys->ks" are expressed in [N/m^3], while when we multiply them with the contact area, we get the stiffness parameters: "phys->Knormal_area" and "phys->Kshear_area", which are in [N/m] units [2, 3]. I would like your opinion whether I could modify the GlobalStiffnessTimeStepper to consider the "phys->Knormal_area" instead of the "phys->Kn" (and respectively for the shear), when the particle shape is "PotentialBlock" instead of "Sphere". Do you think this would slow down the engine or find any theoretical drawbacks? Cheers, Vasileios [1] https://gitlab.com/yade-dev/trunk/blob/master/pkg/dem/GlobalStiffnessTimeStepper.cpp#L63 [2] https://gitlab.com/yade-dev/trunk/blob/master/pkg/dem/KnKsPBLaw.cpp#L121 [3] https://gitlab.com/yade-dev/trunk/blob/master/pkg/dem/KnKsPBLaw.cpp#L186 -- You received this question notification because your team yade-users is an answer contact for Yade. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yade-users Post to : yade-users@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yade-users More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
