Re: [Libmesh-users] Cohesive elements support?

[John P. <jwp...@gm...>]

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 8:17 AM, Rovinelli, Andrea <aro...@an...>
wrote:

> Hi there,
> I’m new to libmesh so this may be a silly question but from the doxygen I
> wasn’t able to get an answer.
> Does libmesh support cohesive elements?
> If not why (There is another way to implement a cohesive zone in libmesh)?
> Also can somebody give me some hint on how to implement them? What do I
> need to subclass and the major modification needed?
>

Andrea,

libMesh does not currently support cohesive elements. I suggest you keep
working with Ben Spencer and Wen Jiang on this topic to identify what
changes will be required in libmesh to support them.

-- 
John