Interaction of debonded surfaces

Once the surfaces start to debond, the friction model assigned to the surfaces will govern the tangential motion of the debonded slave nodes. Friction generates forces tangential to the interface when the surfaces are closed. The frictional forces are independent of the debonding tractions that Abaqus/Standard applies and ramp off once a slave node debonds; the debonding tractions have no influence on the frictional behavior of a surface.

The crack propagation capability in Abaqus/Standard was designed for use in classical fracture mechanics problems. It is intended that the capability be used with the default “hard” contact pressure-clearance model. Abaqus/Standard will prevent the use of one of the nondefault pressure-clearance models when the surfaces can debond.

Crack propagation simulations can be performed as coupled temperature-displacement analyses in Abaqus/Standard. While bonded, the surfaces are treated as having complete continuity of the temperature field across the interface. Once the surfaces start to debond, the thermal contact property models assigned to the surfaces will govern the thermal interactions across the debonded portion of the interface.

Crack propagation simulations can be performed in coupled pore pressure-displacement analyses. Whether the surfaces are bonded or are debonding, they are treated as having complete continuity of the pore pressure field across the interface.