Question #235264 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/235264
Status: Open => Answered Luc Scholtès proposed the following answer: Hi Jerome, Good to hear from you. You are right, I have not used dilation in any modelling but you have to note that it is just a variable that does not enter in any computations, unlike dilationAngle. I put it there because I thought it could be interesting to quantify dilation in joints and, actually, after double checking, I am pretty sure it is not computed the right way (see line 112 of the cpp file). Thanks for pointing out. I will have a look. Coming back to dilationAngle, it has been used in computations (see figure 8 in this paper: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1365160912000391) and, it is working when the smoothJoint contact logic is turned on. Implementation is also on line 112 of the cpp file and has been verified. There could be a discussion on the way it is implemented and I am keen for remarks. To sum up: - Yes, a parameter is currently present and functional in the source code to take into account dilatancy in joints, it is dilationAngle. - dilation is a variable that should record the amount of dilatancy in the joint but needs to be corrected. Hope it helps Luc -- You received this question notification because you are a member of yade-users, which is an answer contact for Yade. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yade-users Post to : yade-users@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yade-users More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp