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Modeling of Contact Problems in Solid Mechanics
Posted Mar 8, 2016, 6:35 a.m. EST Structural Mechanics Version 5.0 1 Reply
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I need to know if contact modeling in COMSOL (by using either the penalty or the lagrangian method)
is based on node-to-node or surface-to-surface contact, because it profoundly affects
the penetration of the contact pairs and the accuracy of the simulation.
is based on node-to-node or surface-to-surface contact, because it profoundly affects
the penetration of the contact pairs and the accuracy of the simulation.
1 Reply Last Post Mar 8, 2016, 12:22 p.m. EST
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9 years ago
Hi,
The formulation is distributed, so I presume that is what you mean by a surface-to-surface formulation. The equations are formed by a numerical integration over the destination boundary, so effectively the gap distance is measured from the Gauss points on the destination boundary.
Regards,
Henrik
The formulation is distributed, so I presume that is what you mean by a surface-to-surface formulation. The equations are formed by a numerical integration over the destination boundary, so effectively the gap distance is measured from the Gauss points on the destination boundary.
Regards,
Henrik