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[Danilo Acquesta Nunes]

Dears,

I'm trying to simulate a concrete beam (modelling in 3D from a geometry volume and filling it with particles) experimental test. I would like to use cohesive models to simulate the cement matrix which "bounds" the agregates.

After that apply a rigid motion frame in a small surface (translation with a constant velocity) and observe when the bounds will "break". Afterwards, it would be nice to get the force this surface applied from the first crack until the failure of the beam.

Some of you have an idea how to model this on ANSYS Rocky? (I already tried few solution without sucess)

[Rob]

Rocky has models for particle-particle bonds, but not sure how well it'd deal with particle-filler bonds. I suspect the Mech team will have a better idea, and you may find you use Rocky to see where the larger particles are to then remesh for Mechanical for a detailed model.