SFC Thin-Shell Finite Element solver - Documentation

The thin-shell solver computes the large deformation dynamics of thin surface-like solids. It has a fracture and fragmentation capability, which uses cohesive laws for modeling the fracturing processses. For discretizing the thin shell, internally subdivison elements based on Loop subdivision schemes, are used. Several papers on the theoretical background are available:

• A Cohesive Approach to Thin-Shell Fracture and Fragmentation
• Fully C1-conforming subdivision elements for finite deformation thin-shell analysis
• Subdivision Surfaces: a new paradigm for thin-shell finite element analysis

Furthermore, the SFC package contains a parallel non-smooth contact capability for shells, which is discussed in the following paper:

• Decomposition Contact Response (DCR) for Explicit Finite Element Dynamics