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Re: [Question #285535]: Keeping track of internal energy in the Law2_ScGeom6D_CohFrictPhys_CohesionMoment contact law

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From: Bruno Chareyre <question285535@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 15:43:01 -0000
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Question #285535 on Yade changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/285535

Bruno Chareyre posted a new comment:
@Jan
> "To get the dissipation energy, you have to define O.trackEnergy=True."

It depends on the contact model in fact. Some law functors have their own accumulator (CundallStrack, for years, and now also CohesionMoment).
The reason is that O.trackEnergy=True is extremely slow, hence if all you need is to accumulate plastic dissipation you better use the Law2's counter.

Bruno

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