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    damage criterion or cohesive element

    Hi! Thank you for your reply! The model is very simple: the ply is a 100x50x0.15 mm plate (solid element or shell, these are the dimensions) while the cohesive is a 100x50x0.0045 mm plate, the 'impactator' is a 7mm diameter ball. What kind of drawings do you need (in order to give you the...
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    damage criterion or cohesive element

    Hi to everyone! I'm trying to simulate impact damage on composite materials using also cohesive elements... but I'm trying to do this with solid elements because with shells I don't understand what kind of interactions I need to use (between a single shell that simulates a ply and the cohesive...

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