Dear all,
I would like to test the structural performance of 2 brick joins. The principle is interlocking 2 bricks and pulling them apart and seeing what are the forces involved, deformation, utilization, etc.
Anyone can help me? Attached is the script.
Karamba3D_Bricks.gh (58.2 KB)
Dear @Gianfranco,
I think you should take a close look at the re-entrant corners of your brick design: They will result in stress concentrations. Since brick is a brittle material, such stress concentrations will initiate cracks. A remedy can be to round off those corners. In order to evaluate the stress concentration a suitable number of elements needs to be placed there.
For simulating contact between the pieces you could use line joints (see here).
– Clemens