Hello Everyone,
I cannot seem to get the adhesive modelling to work.
I have two simple geometries that I would like to join with an adhesive, which I would like to assign material properties to.
The way I tried doing this is via the Connectors-Panel and I wanted to create an adhesive with hexa/brick elements, so I can assign material properties and get stresses in the adhesive.
However I can never realize the conenctor.
This is what I did: 3D -> Connectors -> Area
Location: Pick the surface of one of the meshed solids
Connect What: Pick the other whole meshed solid component
type = adhesives
Shell Gap, Quads = 10, Layers = 1
This is working so far, there is a yellow planar mesh appearing. But realization is never working, there is always the message: 0 projections could be made for the test points.
Apparently there is an underlying misunderstanding on how to go about creating a brick adhesive. I have looked into the Connector Tutorial, but it did not help me understand to get to a brick adhesive.
Could anyone assist me with the correct way of connecting two meshed solid with an adhesive material?
(Would it be an alternative to simply create a solid to act as the adhesive and TIE it to the surfaces?)
Best Regards,
Lennart
