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> (btw, a general question : why computing distances for energy? can't we > simply use cross products between force and disp. vectors?). distance*|F|=work (|F| is already known, it is radius of plasticzone for given sigmaN)? If you do cross product, then you have to compute the norm of it anyway.Is the distance to compute energy you are talking about a total or an incremental one?
We refer to increments, always, even in the so called "total" formulation. Increments rule the world. ;-)
Bruno
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