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ANSYS (failure Criteria)

Thread starter Umesh139
Start date Oct 21, 2013

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Oct 21, 2013

Umesh139

Civil/Environmental

I am modeling a bond slip model of FRP and Concrete with CZM material and contact elements for debonding, which is a brittle failure. In modeling, the maximum pick load obtained under the maximum shear strength (experimental) was half that of the maximum experimental load. so, should I multiply the obtained loads from ANSYS by 2, so as to get experimental load which ( I guess) will simulate the maximum principal stress failure, because in Von Misses failure criteria the failure occurs at yield strength/2.

Best regards
Umesh shrestha
university of toledo