New question #688609 on Yade:
https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/688609

Hello,

I am currently trying to model a gabion barrier. My main focus is on building a 
steel wire mesh basket.

I have tried using a "remote interaction" model with the WireMat material 
property. This does appear to model a piece-wise behavior (elastic until 
reaching yielding point and then behaving in a plastic way with permanent 
deformation). However, the interacting particles don't appear to be able to 
support any moment. For example, if I create an interaction between two spheres 
(createInteraction(s0,s1)), with one fixed sphere (s0 = sphere([0,0,0],1, fixed 
= True)) and another sphere (s1 = sphere([3,0,0],1,fixed = False)), then the 
fixed sphere stays in place, however, the other one just swings freely like a 
pendulum. I would think that there should be some stiffness if it is truly a 
wire connecting them.

I am also trying a "grid connection" method, which seems to be more promising, 
however it does not portray any plastic behavior (just elastic). Also, it seems 
that the spheres are not interacting with the wires I have created from the 
"grid connections". I read that the interaction law: 
"Law2_ScGeom6D_CohFrictPhys_CohesionMoment" may be helpful for this, but not 
sure.

Ultimately, my question is this: is YADE capable of modeling metal wires that 
have stiffness and elastic/plastic material properties. I saw Question #159902, 
which is related, but it didn't quite answer my question.

Thank you in advance for any help or guidance.

-Jeff

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