Varying the stiffness of contact elements with respect to depth

[chill]

Hi,
At the moment I am using zerolengthcontactASDimplex contact elements for a soil-pile interaction in the model attached. However I can only put them into layers, is there a way to vary the stiffness of these contact elements as a function/continuously or would I have to use a different type of contact elements in the model.

I want the contacts elements stiffness (both in tangential and normal directions) as 1e+08 kN/m^3, like on the graph shown below...

Thanks

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[ValentinaSB]

Hi,
The zerolengthcontactASDimplex can work only with a constant value, but not with a function.

Best,
Valentina