CONTACT IN OPTISTRUCT

Noor Alam

Hi Everyone

 

i am doing pretension test in optistruct, and i have applied torque on nut using moment card.i have applied contact between nut(master) and another surface where i want to simulate the result(slave).but in optistruct contact interface there is three type of contact 1.SLIDE, 2.STICK and 3.FREEZE.I Have applied all three type of contact and i got different result. i have problem to which contact should i apply to simulate torque analysis.please let me know which type of contact should i use.and where should i used all type of contacts.

 

Regards

NOOR ALAM

Rahul Rajan_21763

Types of contact you should choose as per the physical behaviour of model.

To find more details on contacts ,please use below link to download free eBook of Nonlinear analysis using OptiStruct.

https://altairuniversity.com/free-ebook-introduction-to-nonlinear-finite-element-analysis-using-optistruct/

 

You can also refer OptiStruct user guide and find more examples on this topic in latest version solvers help.

Attached sample deck for frictional contact.

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Noor Alam

Thank you very much