{"id":308381,"date":"2023-09-25T12:32:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T12:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/use-the-microplane-damage-material-together-with-an-elastic-material\/"},"modified":"2023-09-25T12:32:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T12:32:50","slug":"use-the-microplane-damage-material-together-with-an-elastic-material","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/use-the-microplane-damage-material-together-with-an-elastic-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Use the microplane damage material together with an elastic material."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear all,<\/p>\n<p>Sorry if I am asking a very basic question. I am trying to model the three-point test with the microplane damage model. I have divided the geometry into three sections: a central section where I want to apply the microplane model and two side sections where I want to use an elastic material (see figure).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/25-09-2023-1695644504-geometria.PNG\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>I have defined the elastic material for the side sections and assigned a material that I then overwrite with the microplane damage model for the central section. To do so, I have inserted the following lines of code in &#8220;Materials&#8221; and &#8220;Static Structural&#8221; as shown in the figure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/25-09-2023-1695644929-codigo.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;m doing it wrong, because when I go to draw the damage variable, I get that the microplane damage material has been assigned to the left and centre part.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/25-09-2023-1695645048-damage.PNG\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My question is about how I can assign an elastic material to one part of the domain and the microplane damage material only to another part of the domain. I&#8217;m doing something wrong and I can&#8217;t find out what it is.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much for any help you can give me.<\/p>\n<p>Best regards and thank you very much,<\/p>\n<p>Sergio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-308381","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["260338","58821"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.206.193.154"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["315"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["308381"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["58821","260338"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["308409"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["308409"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-09-25 13:19:52"]},"test":"sergio-blancoupm-es"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/308381","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\/308381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}