{"id":407058,"date":"2025-01-26T07:50:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T07:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/does-interface-elements-or-contact-based-debonding-using-czm-exist-for-shell\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T11:44:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T11:44:23","slug":"does-interface-elements-or-contact-based-debonding-using-czm-exist-for-shell","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/does-interface-elements-or-contact-based-debonding-using-czm-exist-for-shell\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Interface Elements or Contact Based Debonding using CZM exist for shell?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does interface elements or contact based debonding exist for shell elements inside Ansys Mechanical?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Based on my experience and some studying I&#8217;ve done on this topic, INTER203, INTER204, INTER205 are what&#8217;s created for plane183, solid 186\/187 and solid185\/solsh190 elements.&nbsp; &nbsp;There doesn&#8217;t seem to be an interface element for shell elements that I can find.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In terms of contact based debonding, I simply cannot create it and I also don&#8217;t see a clear indication in the documentation that this can be done.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I want to make this post to see if anyone can tell me that I am wrong because I don&#8217;t know what I don&#8217;t know and I need to verify this.&nbsp; &nbsp;Also, shell elements are so critical in so many large scale models becuase a lot of things in reality are made from parts that are tubes\/sheets, etc that can and definitely needed to be mid-surfaced.&nbsp; &nbsp;Not having this capabilities is a major issue if this is indeed the case in my opinion which is also why I hope to double check this.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you very much in advance for your help!&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-407058","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-mechanicalworkbench-1","topic-tag-contact-debonding","topic-tag-czm","topic-tag-inter205-1","topic-tag-interface-delamination","topic-tag-shell-elements"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["407058"],"_bbp_author_ip":["2601:447:c601:4f10:a11a:d618:e9bc:c8ca"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["407521"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["407521"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-01-29 06:57:15"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_engagement":["480261","49782","14399"],"_btv_view_count":["660"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_edit_last":["52629"],"_bbp_revision_log":["a:1:{i:407162;a:2:{s:6:\"author\";i:52629;s:6:\"reason\";s:0:\"\";}}"],"_bbp_subscription":["49782","14399"]},"test":"64872acced255c930764e49420794aef51a32d56"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/407058","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/407058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407162,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/407058\/revisions\/407162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}