cosserat-continuum-twisted-strip.parset

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#  Grid parameters
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structuredGrid = true
lower = 0 0
upper = 0.1 0.01
elements = 10 1

# Number of grid levels
numLevels = 1

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#  Solver parameters
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# Number of homotopy steps for the Dirichlet boundary conditions
numHomotopySteps = 12

# Tolerance of the trust region solver
tolerance = 1e-8

# Max number of steps of the trust region solver
maxTrustRegionSteps = 200

# Initial trust-region radius
initialTrustRegionRadius = 0.1

# Number of multigrid iterations per trust-region step
numIt = 200

# Number of presmoothing steps
nu1 = 3

# Number of postsmoothing steps
nu2 = 3

# Number of coarse grid corrections
mu = 1

# Number of base solver iterations
baseIt = 100

# Tolerance of the multigrid solver
mgTolerance = 1e-7

# Tolerance of the base grid solver
baseTolerance = 1e-8

# Measure convergence
instrumented = 0

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#   Material parameters
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# Parameters for the twisted 0.1x0.01 strip
[materialParameters]

# shell thickness
thickness = 0.002

# Lame parameters
# corresponds to E = 3.5GPa, nu=0.31
mu = 5.6452e+09
lambda = 2.1796e+09

# Cosserat couple modulus
mu_c = 0

# Length scale parameter
L_c = 0.002

# Curvature exponent
q = 2

# Shear correction factor
kappa = 1

[]

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#  Boundary values
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###  Python predicate specifying all Dirichlet grid vertices
# x is the vertex coordinate
dirichletVerticesPredicate = "x[0] < 0.001 or x[0] > 0.0999"

# Initial deformation
initialDeformation = "[x[0], x[1], 0]"