recruitment power

Module: solid

Category: materialprop

Type string: "recruitment power"

Parameters

Name	Description	Default	Units
alpha	power exponent	2	[]
mu0	constant mu0	1	[]
mu1	power coefficient	0	[]
scale	scale	1	[]

Description

The material type for a power weak bond recruitment function is recruitment power.

For this material the recruitment function is given by

\[ F\left(\Xi\right)=\mu_{0}+\mu_{1}\left(\frac{\Xi}{s}\right)^{\alpha}, \]

where \(\Xi\) is the measure of strain that triggers a new reactive weak bond generation. This function is unbounded with increasing \(\Xi\). Users should typically employ \(\mu_{0}=1\).

Example:

<recruitment type="recruitment power">
  <mu0>1</mu0>
  <mu1>10</mu1>
  <alpha>2</alpha>
  <scale>0.06</scale>
</recruitment>