June 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Alex R.
Ansys Employee

Hello, 

Failure can be incorporated in the material routine with IFAIL.

  • IFAIL =1: the element is eroded as soon as first integration point fails.
  • IFAIL<0: abs(IFAIL) states the number of integration points that needs to fail before element erosion. 

Please let me know if that helps. 

Thank you,

AlexÂ