Abaqus
For Contact and Equation
| Solver | Abaqus |
|---|---|
| AUTO IGNORE EDGE METHOD | Cylindrical / Planar (Common edges will be detected in the contact slave surfaces and added to the selected contact type) |
| Interaction | |
| Surface Interaction Name | To be specified by the user and refer in the contact definition below |
| Surface Behaviour | No Separation / Hard / Tabular / Exponential / Gap Conductance / None / No Separation,Hard / Hard,Penalty-Linear / Hard,Augmented-Lagrange / No Separation,Hard,Penalty-Linear / No Separation,Hard,Augmented-Lagrange |
| Friction | User have to enter the friction co-efficient value |
| Conductance | Specify the conductance values(comma separated) |
| Clearance | Specify the clearance values(comma separated) |
| Temperature | Specify the temperature values(comma separated) |
| Contact | |
| Method | Body/NodeSet/ElemSet/Group |
| Master | Master Body / NodeSet / ElemSet / Group name / GROUP_NUMBER_TEMPLATE |
| Slave | Slave Body / NodeSet / ElemSet / Group name / GROUP_NUMBER_TEMPLATE |
| All bodies | True (Specify only for general contact - all bodies) |
| Ignore bodies | Ignore Body / Group name (Specify only for general contact - all bodies) |
| Contact Type | Tie, Contact_Small_Sliding, Contact_Finite_Sliding, Contact_Tied, GENERAL_CONTACT |
| Press Fit Type | Interference / Clearance |
| Press Fit Value | User have to enter the press fit value. |
| Adjust | 0.2(YES/NO for Contact Type = TIE and value for other contact types) |
| Position Tolerance | 0.2(Only for Contact Type = TIE) |
| Tied Slave Node Set | Name of the slave node set |
| Extension Zone | 0.01 |
| Contact Face Type | Cylindrical/Planar/All |
| Tolerance | Auto or User has to enter the tolerance value. |
| Surface Interaction | Surface Interaction Name (This should be declared above in this file) |
| Equation | Axial = 3,Tangential = 1 (*3,1 Number of equations) |
| Trim | NONE / SLAVE / Slave and Master |
| Surface To Surface | YES or NO (Only for Contact Type = Contact Pair and Contact Tied) |
| No Rotation | YES / NO (Only for Contact Type = TIE) |
| Contact Side | Top / Bottom / None |
| SurfacetoSuraface_Tie | YES / NO (Only for Contact Type = TIE) |
| Ignore Shell Thickness | YES / NO |
| Smoothing Method | NONE / CIRCUMFERENTIAL |
| Smoothing Apply ON | MASTER AND SLAVE / MASTER ONLY / SLAVE ONLY |
| Smoothing Axis Point1 | Enter Axis Point1(eg: x,y,z) |
| Smoothing Axis Point2 | Enter Axis Point2(eg: x,y,z) |
Sample Contact definition files
For Equation Alone
| Method | Body/NodeSet/ElemSet/Group |
| Equation Name | To be specified by the user to refer the equation |
| Master | MasterBody / NodeSet / ElemSet / Group name / GROUP_NUMBER_TEMPLATE |
| Slave | SlaveBody / NodeSet / ElemSet / Group name / GROUP_NUMBER_TEMPLATE |
| Axial | 1 / 2 / 3 / ALL |
| Tangential | 1 / 2 / 3 / ALL |
| Tolerance (Optional) | Auto or User has to enter the tolerance value |
| Type (Optional) | Face(Default)/Edge |
Sample Equation definition files