Self-contact settings type 7

Altair Forum User

Hi all,

I'm working on a crash model of an Front underrun protection. However I'm running into problems with choosing the settings for the self-contact(master and slave are the same).

I've searched in the tutorials, but every tutorial uses different settings.
re there recommended settings and if there are, I would also like to know the reason for picking those exaclty. 

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Cedric

 

Pranav Hari

Hi Cekke_

 

For defining self contact you can use general purpose interface Type 7.

The parameters vary according to the conditions of your interface and simulation. However these are some recommended parameters

You can get more information regarding this interface from Radioss help document

 

 

 

See this parameters defined in the reference model file of a crash test.

 

https://community.altair.com/community?id=community_question&sys_id=6ac6c8ba1b2bd0908017dc61ec4bcb21

 

Thanks