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Contact: displacements not consistent

Enrico_20294

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

(there is penetration).

Hi Enrico,

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

Thanks

Enrico_20294

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

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.