How to define contact surface using selecting the elements ?

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

How to create any contact surface from the given menu (image) attached below

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2rIYPnVjYNESUFvQXVGaVZsX0U/view?usp=sharing

 

 

Here is the problem i want to get resolved

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2rIYPnVjYNEdkVKNmxyWHN1WWc/view?usp=sharing

 

 

Note: I use abaqus for solving

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
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    edited January 2015

    Hi,

     

    Please refer to the tutorial HM-4320: Defining Abaqus Contacts for 3-D Models in HyperMesh

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited January 2015

    Thanks. It was helpful.

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited January 2015

    Hi Ahilan,

     

     

    When you define faces of the solid elements (which are used to define the sruface nodes), be sure to use a temporary collector for the elements. If you use face elements provided by hypermesh, at the time you create the surface the face elements will be deleted by hypermesh.

     

    I usually create the face elements, then move the elements to a temporary collector so hypermesh cant delete them. Then you can select the nodes using the new face elements in the temporary collector.

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