{"id":235768,"date":"2022-09-20T09:57:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T09:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/concrete-model-menetrey-willam-model-softening-behavior\/"},"modified":"2022-09-20T09:57:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T09:57:52","slug":"concrete-model-menetrey-willam-model-softening-behavior","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/concrete-model-menetrey-willam-model-softening-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"[Concrete model] Menetrey-Willam model, Softening behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Hello.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>I always appreciate the valuable feedback I receive from everyone on this forum.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>I would like to post a question regarding the Menetrey-Willam model of concrete model.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>I have set up the MW model as shown in the attached image and am conducting compression tests (&phi;100 x 200 mm), but each time the softening behavior does not converge after the compressive strength of the concrete reaches its peak. In other words, the analysis ends at the peak.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>On the other hand, a past contributor to this forum (2021, Oct., Mick Mack) and a paper (&#8220;Calibration and Validation of the Menetrey-Willam Constitutive Model for Concrete&#8221;) have shown that the MW model The softening after the peak is obtained by the MW model.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>How can I set up the model to reproduce the softening behavior after the peak?<\/div>\n<div>Thank you in advance for your advice.<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/20-09-2022-1663667652-Menetrey-Willam model.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-235768","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-compression","topic-tag-concrete","topic-tag-convergence","topic-tag-menetrey-william"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["244847","99","285518"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.220.96.180"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["3810"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["235768"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["99","244847","285518"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["6"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["285123"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["285123"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-05-22 12:18:32"]},"test":"7121573ed-tus-ac-jp"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/235768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/235768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}