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The CrackThickness
command sets the thickness for an explicit crack. It is only needed if the crack has any particles with a traction law or when crack tips release their energy into heat.
CrackThickness (thick)
where (thick)
is the thickness of the crack in length units.
CrackThickness
command must come after the first NewCrack command. Once a CrackThickness
command has been used, all subsequent cracks will use the same thickness unless a new CrackThickness
command changes it.CrackThickness
command to have a different thickness (although having a different thickness is very uncommon and may alter the physics of the cracks.)CrackThickness
command is only allowed for MPM analyses.