Dynamic analysis Optistruct

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hello everyone,

I am performing a modal analysis and I am wondering if it is valid to use contacts between the components in my model or is it only with static analysis that contacts can be used?

Thank you in advance for any answer!

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  • Rahul_P1
    Rahul_P1
    Altair Employee
    edited September 2015

    Theoretically, Contacts, basically a nonlinear entity will be ignored during a linear modal analysis. 

     

    You may have to hence fix the contacts / replace that area with spring elements. 

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