block contact list command

Syntax

block contact list keyword ... <range>

Primary keywords:

common-plane    continuously-yielding    displacement-normal    displacement-shear    distances    extra    face    face-face    group    orientation    joint-set    no-lf    null    no-null    pore-pressure    position    state    stress    subcontacts    summary    total    type    property-value    vertex    weights

List information about block contact(s).

common-plane

List common-plane data (unit normal vector and reference point) and type (see the Contact Types table in the Theory and Background section.

continuously-yielding

List additional parameter used for continuously yielding model.

displacement-normal

List subcontact normal displacements.

displacement-shear

List subcontact shear displacements.

distances

For vertex-face or edge-edge contacts print the distance of the vertex to the common plane.

extra

List contact extra variable information.

face

List block face information for sub-contacts

face-face

List data only for face-to-face contacts – must precede other keywords.

group

List contact group information.

orientation

List contact dip and dip direction.

joint-set

List joint-set ID information for contacts.

no-lf

List should exclude leader-follower contacts in joined blocks.

null

List should exclude data for “non-null” contacts.

no-null

List should exclude data for “null” contacts.

pore-pressure

List fluid pressure at contacts.

position

List contact contact positions.

state

List state of contacts: area, fs/fn, shear displacement, slip indicator. Slip indicator depends on material model. Need link here to joint constitutive model manual.

stress

List sub-contact shear and normal stress data.

subcontacts

List data for contacts in two tables – intended for transferring contact data to a file for use in post-processing. Output is only sent to the log file, which must be turned on by the user.

summary

List a summary of sub-contacts in the model; gives totals by material type, open and slipping contacts; and gives slip area and maximum displacements.

total

Print total forces, displacements and area for contacts.

type

List information according to contact type.

property-value s

List the value of the input property \(s\).

vertex

List displacement data for vertices associated with subcontacts.

weights

Print weights for vertex-face and edge-edge contacts.