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[Bruno Chareyre <bruno.chareyre@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Put a "Real plasticWork" in the functor. Compute the energy dissipated 
at one contact on time increment dt, and include  a "plasticWork+= ..." 
in the if(plasticityCondition) bracket of the functor.
Don't ask me how to define plastic work at contact with an 
elasto-plastic Hertz-based law... ;)

Bruno



chiara modenese a écrit :
> Hi all,
>
> just a general question. Is there a way to calculate in Yade the 
> energy dissipation in a particle system within a simulation? I mean, 
> in order to get a quasi-static condition we dissipate energy, whether 
> this happen through the local/global damping and/or due to the 
> friction. Can we do this calculation in Yade? It would be almost 
> another parameter to check the system condition, like the unbalanced 
> force, for instance. If it is not yet done, do you have any idea how 
> to do that?
>
> BTW, do you have any references to suggest me about energy dissipation?
>
> Cheers, Chiara
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