# 15 ABAQUS Tutorial# Basic operation of cohesive element Version 2016 or above

[@magedqasem7403]

Thanks for video . Can the cohesive element to be applied in the concrete?

[@caemaster9720]

Absolutely no problem, but for concrete crack propagation, I think XFEM is a simple method

[@magedqasem7403]

@@caemaster9720 i wanna apply the cohesive element to define interface between two concrete parts cast at different times .However i coudnt find enough information on how to difine that in comcrete

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[@caemaster9720]

I dont really understant the meaning of different times, I think you can set two steps

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[@Mo_Al]

Hi, I would like to know if you do online tutoring ?

[@ibrahimalameri]

In slant sheat test, I tried to use this steps but the results were different from expermetal results

[@dineshchejarla1012]

Beautiful Explanation sir. I am trying to plot R-Curve and came here after trying XFem, but the field output is not giving J values and I am stuck there...Please help me.

[@caemaster9720]

I watch one vedio from simutech, you find it xfem

[@dineshchejarla1012]

@@caemaster9720 Thank You Sir.