| Contact |
Available for static, drop test, and nonlinear studies.
Contact prevents
interference
between
entities,
but allows gaps to form. This is the most time-consuming option to
solve. Video: Contact Interaction
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| Bonded |
Available for all types of studies that require meshing.
Bonded
entities behave as if they are welded.
See
Bonded Interaction. For a study with mixed mesh (used automatically by
program), you can bond Set 1
entities (vertices, edges, faces, beam joints, and beams) to
Set 2 faces.
Vertices,
edges, and faces can belong to shells or solids. The behavior of the
bond depends on whether the source entity belongs to a
solid,
shell,
or beam.
If
the source entity belongs to a shell or beam, the bond acts like a
rigid connection where the original angle between the shell or beam
and the solid is maintained during deformation. If the source entity
belongs to a solid, the bond acts like a hinge, where the original
angle between the shell and the solid is not necessarily
maintained.
For drop test studies, you can only bond touching
faces. Bonding is enforced by common mesh nodes at the touching
boundaries at the component-level or
global-level.
|
| Free |
Available for static, nonlinear,
frequency, buckling, and drop test studies. The program treats
Set 1 and Set 2 (source and target) faces as
disjointed. Using this option can save solution time if the applied
loads do not cause interference. Do not use this option unless you are
sure that loads will not cause interference during simulations. Plot the
deformed shape with a scale factor of 1.0 to check for interference. See Free Interaction.
|
| Shrink Fit |
Available for static and nonlinear
studies only. You select faces from two components that are initially
interfering with each other. Click to make sure that the faces are interfering. |
| Virtual Wall |
Available for static studies only. This contact type
defines contact between the Set 1
entities and a virtual wall defined by a target plane. The target plane
may be rigid or flexible. You can define friction between the Set 1 entities and the target plane by
assigning a non-zero value for the friction
coefficient. |
| Insulated |
Available for thermal studies only. This option is
similar to the Free option for
structural studies. The program treats Set
1 and Set 2 as
disjointed. The program prevents heat flow due to conduction through the
Set 1 and Set 2
entities. |
| Thermal
Resistance |
Available for thermal studies only.
This option allows you to specify thermal resistance between Set 1 and Set
2 faces. |