Hi every body,
I need to generate a mesh around the crack front line in 3-dimensional space using a layer of prism (wedge) elements at the crack line and tetrahedron elements at the rest parts of the model. However, to keep the compatibility we also need to adopt a layer of pyramid elements between wedge elements and the tetrahedrons. Dose any body know how can I do that in ABAQUS? Is pyramid element available in ABAQUS's element library or is there any chance to get that through degenerating another element type? if so, how?
I really appreciate in advance,
Regards,
Nasib