Hello Lei,

Did you try EasyPBC? it should work fine with your model. Many detailes are there with the paper as well.

Regards,

hi Sadik,

thanks for your reply. i have tried EasyPBC, it works well for the elasticity of the RVE of simple isotropic material. however, when I moved on to the RVE of FRP composite, there is an issue in meshing when i followed your instruction of video as we cannot copy the mesh pattern from one face to the other and the error is "Only shell faces or faces of tet or bottom-up regions are valid targets". that is where we stopped by using EasyPBC.

regards

Lei

Hi Lei,

Did you try wedge sweep meshing? It should work if your geometry is periodic.

Regards,

Sadik

Hi Sadik,

thanks for your suggestion, i have tried the wedge sweep meshing, but still the same issue. besides, as the interface is using the cohesive element, so the interface should be only element in thickness direction, while there are more than one in the interface when using wedge sweep meshing. see attached.

regards

Lei

Ok, If you can send me a sample of you model I can probably have a better look.

You can do that in a private message.

Regards,

Hi Sadik,

thanks for your help.

regards

Lei