contact between assembled model

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

hi sir ,

i have some doubt  how to give contact between assembled model , which one is best to give surface to surface contact or node to node contact and penetration coefficient .

Answers

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2017

    Hi Chandra Sekhar,

     

    It completely depends on your model.

     

    If an area coming in contact with an area use surface to surface contact, if a point (say a bullet) coming in contact with a surface use node to surface contact.