In many cases External Stress and Initial Stress and Strain are interchangeable when prescribing stresses. In Initial Stress and Strain, the given stress is however always added to the stress tensor.
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In many cases External Stress and Initial Stress and Strain are interchangeable when prescribing stresses. In Initial Stress and Strain, the given stress is however always added to the stress tensor.
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This section is only present when External Stress is used in the Layered Shell interface. See the documentation for the External Stress node in the Layered Shell chapter.
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When Stress tensor (Material) is selected, you enter the external stress in the form of a Second Piola-Kirchhoff stress tensor. The External stress tensor drop-down list will contain all stress tensors announced by any physics interface, and also the entry User defined. When User defined is selected, you can enter the data for the External stress tensor Sext as Isotropic, Diagonal, or Symmetric depending on the properties of the tensor. The tensor components are interpreted in the selected coordinate system. If a stress tensor announced by a physics interface is selected, the coordinate system setting is ignored — the orientation is handled internally. Choose a Contribution type — Add to stress tensor or Load contribution only — to determine the effect of the contribution.
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When Stress tensor (Spatial) is selected, you enter the external stress in the form of Cauchy stress tensor. The components are interpreted in the selected coordinate system. Depending on the properties of the tensor, you can enter the data for the External stress tensor σext as Isotropic, Diagonal, or Symmetric. Choose a Contribution type — Add to stress tensor or Load contribution only — to determine the effect of the contribution.
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When Pore pressure is selected, the Absolute pressure drop down menu will always contain the entry User defined, in which case you manually enter a value or an expression for the absolute pressure pA. If there are other physics interfaces (like Darcy’s Law) which compute and announce a pressure variable, such variables are also present in the list. You can also enter a Reference pressure level pref, which is the pressure level at which the pore pressure does not give any stress contribution. Enter the Biot-Willis coefficient aB to specify the fraction of the pore pressure to use. As a default, its value is taken From material. Choose User defined to enter another value or expression. When using Pore pressure, there is no contribution to the stress tensor, the only effect of the pressure is as a load.
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For an example of how the External Stress node is used to decribe in-situ stresses, see Deep Excavation: Application Library path
Geomechanics_Module/Soil/deep_excavation |