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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation LS Dyna Erosion Criteria Understanding For Continuum Damage Mechanics Models in LS-DYNA Reply To: Erosion Criteria Understanding For Continuum Damage Mechanics Models in LS-DYNA

Jim Day
Ansys Employee
glstat and matsum will include "eroded" energies that track the contributions of element eroded by failure criteria. In the course of deleting/eroding elements, some nodes are typically liberated from the remaining mesh. You can see those nodes when postprocessing with LS-PrePost by selecting View>Show Deleted Nodes.