Contact: displacements not consistent

Enrico_20294
Enrico_20294 Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hi All,

I'm modelling a simple contact problem between a cylinder and a curved block.

I cannot understand why the displacement of the two bodies are not consistent (there is penetration).

 

Could you help me please?

 

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  • FaroukM
    FaroukM Altair Community Member
    edited April 2020
    Altair Forum User said:

    (there is penetration).

    Hi Enrico,

     

    I didn't see the penetration can you please explain more ?

     

    Thanks

  • Enrico_20294
    Enrico_20294 Altair Community Member
    edited May 2020

    Hi Farouk,

     

    if you increase the scale of the deformed shape, the nodes of the block go into the cylinder.

    In the picture I posted, near the contact, the displacement of the block's nodes is higher than the cylinder's nodes.

    Is there any option I should activate?

     

    Thanks,

    Enrico

  • Enrico_20294
    Enrico_20294 Altair Community Member
    edited May 2020

    One more question: is there a way to couple structural and thermal simulations?

    My goal is estimating the temperature of the cylinder, due to the heat flux generated by the friction.

     

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