Contact models

The following contact models are available for use with PFC

Sea Ice Model

This model incorporates a elasto-plastic behavior under compression visco-elasto-plastic behavior under tension and was developed for the modelling of sea ice

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Elastic-Inelastic Power Function Model

The elastic-inelastic power function model consists of a linear elastic process, an inelastic process and a power function process. This model can be used to simulate the energy loss due to collisions, such as rockfall.

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