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

[Nanda Veralla]

Hello Dmytro,
To better address your application. Here are some approaches you can consider:

• Can you try adding an additional 1 row of elements as a different part to represent the glue and add a failure criteria using *MAT_ADD_DAMAGE_GISSMO? More details can be found on page 62 of Volume II: ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v242/en/lsdyna_kw_vol1/lsdyna_kw_vol1_intro.html
• Or model this T joint with solid elements and use a tiebreak contact?
• You can either model debonding with tiebreak or cohesive elements.

Hope this helps.

Best,
Nanda