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Introduction
Contact Overview
- Typical Applications & Contact Classifications
- Review General Procedures
- Contact Manager
- Advanced Options
Contact Properties - Basic Options
- Algorithms
- Stiffness
- Penetration Tolerance
- Pinball Region
- Surface Behaviors
- Contact Detection
Friction
- What is Friction?
- Coulomb Model
- Coefficient of Friction
- Defining the Parameters
- Special Considerations
Advanced Rigid Targets
- Pilot Nodes
- Constraining a Rigid Target
- Complex Target Surfaces
- Creating Elements without the Wizard
Contact Properties - Adv. Options
- Initial Interference
- Dealing with Rigid Body Motion
- Asymmetric vs Symmetric
- Miscellaneous Adjustments
- Troubleshooting
Multi-Point Constraints (MPC)
- Background
- Solid-to-Solid MPC Bonded Contact
- Shell-to-Shell MPC Bonded Contact
- Shell-to-Solid MPC Bonded Contact
- Beam to Shell/Solid MPC Contact
- MPC Surface Based Constraints
- General Notes
Spot Welds
- Spot Weld Features
- Procedures for Generating Spot Welds
- Spot Weld Projection
- Listing and Deleting Spot Welds
- Listing Results for Spot Welds
- Additional Considerations
Node-to-Node Elements
Contact Applications in Multiphysics
- Overview
- Contact with Coupled-Field Elements
- Thermal Contact
- Electric Contact
- Magnetic Contact
- Units
Bolt Pretension
- PRETS179 Element
- Typical Procedure
Gasket Material
- Background on Gaskets
- Interface Elements
- Gasket Material
- Solving Gasket Models
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