The document provides instructions for simulating contact between a plate and belt using Star CCM+. It outlines 5 steps: 1) Create a surface segment on the plate, 2) Define the segment as a rigid contact constraint on the plate face, 3) Specify a rigid contact obstacle as the tessellated belt geometry, 4) Set the penalty contact enforcement and rigid contact obstacle, and 5) Initialize and run the simulation. It recommends choosing the penalty parameter value as a compromise between accuracy and stability, related to material stiffness and mesh size.
The document provides instructions for simulating contact between a plate and belt using Star CCM+. It outlines 5 steps: 1) Create a surface segment on the plate, 2) Define the segment as a rigid contact constraint on the plate face, 3) Specify a rigid contact obstacle as the tessellated belt geometry, 4) Set the penalty contact enforcement and rigid contact obstacle, and 5) Initialize and run the simulation. It recommends choosing the penalty parameter value as a compromise between accuracy and stability, related to material stiffness and mesh size.
The document provides instructions for simulating contact between a plate and belt using Star CCM+. It outlines 5 steps: 1) Create a surface segment on the plate, 2) Define the segment as a rigid contact constraint on the plate face, 3) Specify a rigid contact obstacle as the tessellated belt geometry, 4) Set the penalty contact enforcement and rigid contact obstacle, and 5) Initialize and run the simulation. It recommends choosing the penalty parameter value as a compromise between accuracy and stability, related to material stiffness and mesh size.
+) Step 2: Expand Region-> Plate-> Surface Segment 1-> Change type to Constraint-> Surface: All of face of plae +) Step 3: Expand Surface Segment 1-> Physics Condition-> Solid Stress Constraints-> Change Method to Rigid contact +) Step 3: Expand Surface Segment 1-> Physics Condition-> Rigid Contact Obstacle-> Change Contact Obstacle to Tessellated Geometry Parts +) Step 4: Expand Surface Segment 1-> Physics Values-> Penalty Contact Enforcement: 1e10 Pa/m Tessellated Geometry Parts : Belt The penalty method describes a perfectly rigid contact. A finite value is recommeded for the value . However, too large values can impair the convergence of the numerical schemes. Therefore, the penalty parameter value must be chosen as a compromise between modeling accuracy and numerical stability.The optimal value is related to the stiffness of the solid material and the mesh size:
Recommeded value= E/h
where represents the material stiffness and is the numerical accuracy, that is, the finite element's size.