Calculation of Laboratory Stress-Strain Behavior Using a Compliant Joint Model

摘要

Validation ensures that the mathematical field theory embodied in a computer code is a correct representation of the phenomena it simulates. The validation process includes comparing calculations with measurements and observations made during field and laboratory studies. This paper presents a brief description of the compliant joint model, a description of laboratory experiments used for this validation, the numerical idealization of those experiments, and the calculated results that complete this preliminary validation analysis. An evaluation of observed differences is made. (ERA citation 10:028924)