Crack Settings

These command control modeling of explicit cracks and whether or not those cracks propagate

Crack Settings Commands

In scripted files, crack properties are controlled by various commands described below. In XML input file, all global crack setting commands are within a <Cracks> element that must be within the <MPMHeader>:

<Cracks>
   (crack setting commands)
</Cracks>

The commands are

• Friction and ImperfectInterface
• Crack Propagation Commands
• JContour
• ContactPosition
• MovePlane

In XML files

   <Cracks>
        <JContour type='1' size="2" terms="1"/>
       <Friction>0.3</Friction>
       <MovePlane type='avg' prevent='no'/>
       <ContactPosition>0.8</ContactPosition>
   </Cracks>