Reply To: Shell T-joint contact with 6 DOFs and failure needed

[Dmytro Fedin]

Hello Nanda,

Thanks for the quick reply. The idea is to model the glue joint using the simplest approach that allows the ultimate force/stress for the glue to be set. I can use the appropriate card to make the contact of type tied_shell_edge_to_surface:

*CONTACT_tied_shell_edge_to_surface
$     ssid      msid     sstyp     mstyp    sboxid    mboxid       spr       mpr
         3         4         0         0         0         0         1         1
$       fs        fd        dc        vc       vdc    penchk        bt        dt
         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0
$      sfs       sfm       sst       mst      sfst      sfmt       fsf       vsf
         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0

This card works. The contact transmits translational and rotational DOFs for shell structure.

But I have no idea how to set debonding for this contact(. This setting should have the ultimate stress for the glue that is not being modeled directly.

Could you please help me find the right way to set the appropriate settings?