buildBeams

Description

The program generates an isotropic distribution of unit vectors representing the beam orientations inside the tretraherda of the mesh, and tablizes the potential funtion of the fibers and its derivatives.

Table of Parameters

name	type	default	explanation
BEAMS	integer	300	Size of isotropic set of unit vectors for the computation of forces and stiffness. The actual number of beams will show a small deviation from this parameter.
EPSMAX	float	4.0	Maximal tabelized value of stretch for the potential function of the fibers
EPSSTEP	float	0.0001	Tabelization step of potential function
K_0	float	1.0	initial stiffness parameter of potential function in Pascal
D_0	float	10000	Buckling coefficient parameter of potential function
L_S	float	0.0	Onset of strain stiffening parameter of potential function
D_S	float	10000	Strain stiffening coefficient parameter of potential function

Console Output

Start

BUILD BEAMS

During execution

1↓
286 beams were generated
1000 0.0032 0.075 0.0333
 2↑   3↑     4↑    5↑

1: Number of beams actually generated.
2: K_0 parameter loaded for potential function.
3: D_0 parameter loaded for potential function.
4: L_S parameter loaded for potential function.
5: D_S parameter loaded for potential function.

F.A.Q.