LS-DYNA TUTORIAL 14: Delamination Test and Cohesive Elements

In this short tutorial, I attempt to model the Double Cantilever Beam (DCB) delamination test. The two beams are made of Carbon Fiber Composite and two approaches were demonstrated for modelling the cohesive zone. I apologize if this video is not up to my usual standard, I wasn't fully awake when I recorded this! 😂😂😂 In this short tutorial, I cover the following: How to manually create cohesive elements How to use MAT003 Orthotropic Elastic for modelling composites How to use MAT138 Cohesive Mixed Mode material model How to apply constant velocity on a node set with Prescribed Motion Node Set How to attach two surfaces and introduce failure with Tiebreak Contact Read more about delamination in my blog post here: https://lsdynauniverse.blogspot.com/2... BONUS! For Composite Research papers, you can check the following: https://bit.ly/2WxgEKM