block.subcontact.state.string

Syntax

s = block.subcontact.state.string(bscp)

Get the subcontact state indicator as a string

Different joint constitutive models will have different potential states (see Constitutive Models in 3DEC). The potential states for the Mohr-Coulomb model are shown in the table below.

Combinations of states are possible. For example, a subcontact that failed in tension in the past and is shearing now would have a state string value of stension-p shear-n. A value of snone indicates no failure (elastic).

Returns:i - state indicator Accepts:i - state indicator Arguments:bscp - block subcontact pointer