How to find contact area from the elements ?

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

How to find contact area from the elements in which contact is defined?

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited September 2014

    Or in other terms i want to find the surface area occupied by those blue colored contacts.

     

    Note: Mass calc option do not give option for selecting contact elements.

  • Rahul_P1
    Rahul_P1
    Altair Employee
    edited September 2014

    the elements attached to the contact surface can be found using Tool--> find--> find attached--> find--> save found. 
    Then these elements can be retrieved in Tool--> 'Masc cal' panel which gives the area of the attached elements which is equivalent to the area of the contact surface. 

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