Rubber and metal bonding

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

Hello.


I have to simulate a model having Rubber and metal part rigidly bonded with each other with some chemical. While simulating the 3D model, do I have to create contact between rubber and metal parts or should I just maintain mesh connectivity between these two parts and assign different material properties to them?

 

Regards,

Bharat

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited October 2015

    Hi Bharat,

     

    I would prefer having contacts between two if I am solving a non linear analysis.

  • hiranwale_bharat
    hiranwale_bharat Altair Community Member
    edited October 2015

    Hello Prakash,

     

    Thank you for the reply

     

    I have done free free modal analysis on a simple model with both conditions mentioned above in my query. And the results of both cases are matching upto 95%.

     

    Again a static analysis also showed pretty much same results in both conditions.

     

    So can you share your thoughts on it?

     

    Regards,

    Bharat

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