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[Alejandro Jiménez <question293790@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

New question #293790 on Yade:
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Hello everyone

I am trying to simulate a triplet shear test for masonry in which I discretize bricks and mortar as spheres and both supports and actuator (vertical displacement) are modeled as boxfacets. In order to simulate such test, a pre-compression force has to be applied in the perpendicular direction (horizontal) to the actuator. I am modelling an extra line of spheres and I am fixing them in order to apply the needed pre-compression force but it seems like such force is not transferred to the spheres of the brick. If I define those load spheres as free and apply the force, the whole model explodes.  

What is the correct way to apply forces to either spheres or boxfacets and to make those bodies interact with other static bodies to transfer the applied loads?

Thanks in advance for your help.



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