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[JOSEPH OBONGO OCHIENG]

Hi everyone,

I would like to ask, using LS DYNA, is it possible to use xfem shell to model a crack inside a larger solid elemented body?

[Erik Kostson]

Hi I would suggest to post this in the LS-Dyna forum (this forum is for 3D design, SC, Discovery).

Erik

[Ram Gopisetti]

Hi Joseph, 

I guess you can progress to do that as long as the xfem shell is correctly coupled and the crack is only in the shell not in solid though. 

Cheers, Ram 

[JOSEPH OBONGO OCHIENG]

Thankyou for your responses.