Anyone using Z-set here?
Hello guys, I hope you're all doing great!
I'm a final year mechanical engineering student, and I'm really interested in numerical modeling of materials especially polycristals, and their constitutive laws (Plasticity, Damage, Fracture...)
When reading this article Identification of crystal plasticity parameters for a non-irradiated and irradiated A508 bainite steel I came across this solver called Z-set and apparently it's a famous tool among french researchers, I got the free trial, but it's so hard to use with that wierd documentation, so I think I'll just drop it lol...
Is Z‑set really as powerful as its reputation suggests? Do you need to know C++ to use it properly? Is it one of those tools that's painful at first but totally worth it in the long run, especially if you're aiming for a PhD in mechanics/materials?