{"id":436529,"date":"2025-07-10T14:55:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/using-mat_184-as-simple-springs-by-making-up-numbers\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T14:55:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:55:46","slug":"using-mat_184-as-simple-springs-by-making-up-numbers","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/using-mat_184-as-simple-springs-by-making-up-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"using mat_184 as simple springs by making up numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;I would like to ask the community or Ansys employees if it&#8217;s a reasonable approach to use mat_184 as just springs with some stiffness I arbitrarily define and a failure traction value that I made up as well basd on the cohesive element size I am using.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Basically, is there any meaningful way to actually calibrate a CZM model like mat_184 or was this mat card created just as a very rough simplification.&nbsp; &nbsp; It would be good to understand why this card was created originally for what purposes.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-436529","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27814"],"_bbp_topic_id":["436529"],"_bbp_author_ip":["170.85.7.30"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["436731"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["436731"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-07-14 13:58:56"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["480261","13468"],"_btv_view_count":["113"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_notification_enabled":["480261"],"_bbp_subscription":["13468"]},"test":"64872acced255c930764e49420794aef51a32d56"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/436529","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\/436529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}