We would need to create a setup in which a dense, large assembly of floes is sheared by imposing either a stress or a motion on two obstacles at the top and boundary of the assembly.
The simulations need to be divided in different phases:
a preparation phase: the assembly of floes is created with a prescribed final ice concentration.
a relaxation phase: the assembly is allowed to ''relax'' to reach a state in which contact forces between the floes stabilize
the assembly is sheared by imposing either the motion or a stress on top and bottom boundaries of the domain. Lateral periodic boundary conditions are needed
The fields of stress, concentration, contact number per floe, etc. need to be outputed.
From @vdansereau :
We would need to create a setup in which a dense, large assembly of floes is sheared by imposing either a stress or a motion on two obstacles at the top and boundary of the assembly.
The simulations need to be divided in different phases:
a preparation phase: the assembly of floes is created with a prescribed final ice concentration.
a relaxation phase: the assembly is allowed to ''relax'' to reach a state in which contact forces between the floes stabilize
the assembly is sheared by imposing either the motion or a stress on top and bottom boundaries of the domain. Lateral periodic boundary conditions are needed
The fields of stress, concentration, contact number per floe, etc. need to be outputed.