Here I will share a minimal examlpe of the problem considering no gap. the cohesive part mesh coordinates are edited so as to produce nearly zero thickness element(right nodes are transferred to 0.01 offset of left side nodes). this has produced errors relating to singularity of the middle part...
I tried to add the gap to make the example and the connecting surfaces more clear, thus in the final version we will delete this gap and the parts will be placed by side to each other( i mean: main part>coh>main part); however, I found deleting this gap by transferring the parts in assembly...
I'm trying to connect some parts using a thin cohesive element (traction separation elastic>cohesive section) together using the tie constraint in Abaqus. In a direct-tensile test of this assembly, I get zero stress everywhere. I tried partitioning instead of mounting parts in assembly and using...
