**create_interface_elements

Description

This mesher takes a pre-existing boundary set and creates interface elements (e.g. debonding) at that location. The mesher can be used either between a boundary set and an existing node set, which assumes that bset and nset are not actually connected, or by using a boundary set only, where additional nodes will be inserted to make an interface condition.

Syntax

The command has the following syntax:

**create_interface_elements \(~\,\) *boundary bset-name \(~\,\) [ *elset elset-name ] \(~\,\) [ *nset nset-name ] \(~\,\) [ *axi ] \(~\,\) [ *reduced ]

*axi

flag that the interface elements are axisymmetric. Default is not axisymmetric.

*boundary

indicates the boundary set from which to create interface elements. There will be 1 interface element per boundary segment in the set.

*elset

gives the name of the elset to create with the new interface elements. If this command is not included the name interface will be used for a new elset.

*nset

indicates the opposing node set name. This option indicates that the mesh is already disconnected at the interface.

*reduced

flag indicating reduced integration. Default is full integration.