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Yield Surface

This command sets the yield surface variable ys to be the specified type. Currently these include: Drucker-Prager yield surface, Rounded Mohr-Coulomb (Willam-Warnke) yield surface, von Mises yield surface, Cam-Clay yield surface and Leon yield surface.

set ys "-YieldSurfaceType <parameter list>"

Valid strings for YieldSurfaceType are DP, VM and CC.

set ys "-DP"

set ys "-VM"

set ys "-RMC01"

set ys "-CC $M"

$M

Slope of the critical state line in p-q space

set ys "-Leon $fc $ft $e $c"

$fc

compressive strength

$ft

tensile strength

$e

excentricity of yield surface (usually 0.6-0.7)

$c

cohesion

See Also

Template Elasto-Plastic Material

Potential Surface

Evolution Law

EPState