OS-T: 1550 Rubber Ring: Crush and Slide Using Self-Contact
This tutorial demonstrates self-contact which is used in this nonlinear large displacement implicit analysis using hyperelastic material and contacts in OptiStruct.
- Import the model into HyperMesh
- Set up hyperelastic material and self-contact.
- Set up nonlinear analysis
- View the results in HyperView
Launch HyperMesh and Set the OptiStruct User Profile
Open the Model
Set Up the Model
Create the Material
Create the Properties
Create Properties for Contact Parameters
In this step, the properties for both surface to surface and self-contact surfaces will be defined.
Create Set Segments
The set segments will be defined, which will be used later to define the contact groups.
Create Contact Groups
Here the contact groups will be defined.
Apply Loads and Boundary Conditions
In the following steps, you will apply the boundary conditions and prescribed displacement on the model.