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#The contact stiffness should be 10 times the young's modulus of the material for hard contact. The higher the value for contact stiffness, the harder the contact between surfaces.
* The contact stiffness should be 10 times the young's modulus of the material for hard contact. The higher the value for contact stiffness, the harder the contact between surfaces.
#The slave face is the face which penetrates into the master face, and therefore experiences more deformation.
* The slave face is the face which penetrates into the master face, and therefore experiences more deformation.
#The *CONTACT PAIR card is used for modeling contact in CalculiX. The constraint uses Face-to-Face penalty contact and the contact formulation is explained in detail at http://web.mit.edu/calculix_v2.7/CalculiX/ccx_2.7/doc/ccx/node112.html
* The *CONTACT PAIR card is used for modeling contact in CalculiX. The constraint uses Face-to-Face penalty contact and the contact formulation is explained in detail at http://web.mit.edu/calculix_v2.7/CalculiX/ccx_2.7/doc/ccx/node112.html
* Overview for different contact types: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=15699&start=90#p188736

* Further interesting informations:
** https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=23102#p180709 and following posts !!!
** https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=20276
** https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=21331
** https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=15699 (initial contact topic)
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Revision as of 05:54, 18 September 2018

FEM ConstraintContact

Menu location
Model → Mechanical Constraints → Constraint contact
Workbenches
FEM
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
FEM tutorial

Description

Creates a FEM constraint for contact between 2 surfaces.

How to use

  1. Click on or choose ModelMechanical Constraints Constraint contact from the top menu.
  2. Select the master face.
  3. Select the slave face.
  4. Enter a contact stiffness.
  5. Enter a friction coefficient.

Limitations

  1. The contact constraint can only be applied to two faces.

Notes

CalculiX