2D axisymmetric elements (CQAXI) elements are used to model 2
cylinders.
A minus gap clearance of 20 mm is used to analyze interference fit between the
cylinders. The cylinders are vertically fixed. Stationary frictionless contacts are
used.
Material Properties
Value
Young's modulus
206 GPa
Poisson's ratio
0
Nonlinear Static Analysis Results
Static analysis was carried out using 1 increment.
OptiStruct
NAFEMS
Normalized Target Value
Contact Pressure
2.35
2.27
1.035
Figure 2. Contact Pressure Between the Cylinders
Reference
NAFEMS R0081 - Benchmark tests for finite element modeling of
contact, gapping and sliding