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AWS90 Structural Nonlin Ch03 Contact
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Advanced Contact
Advanced Solid Body Contact Options
Chapter Overview Training Manual
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… Contact Chattering Training Manual
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… Tangential Behavior Training Manual
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– Note that some topics, such as symmetric contact or contact detection, will be
discussed shortly
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… Comparison of Formulations Training Manual
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B. Contact vs. Target Training Manual
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… Contact vs. Target Designation Training Manual
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• Asymmetric Behavior:
– Simulation can automatically perform this designation (Auto-
Asymmetric) or…
– User can designate the appropriate surface(s) for contact and
target manually .
• Selection of inappropriate Contact vs.Target may affect results.
– Reviewing results is easy and straightforward. All data is on
the contact side.
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… Contact Detection Points Training Manual
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… Contact Detection Points Training Manual
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C. Pinball Region Training Manual
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By specifying a Pinball
Radius, one can visually
confirm whether or not a gap
will be ignored in Bonded
Behavior.
The Pinball Region can also
be important in initial
interference problems or
large-deformation problems.
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D. Interface Treatment Training Manual
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… Contact Offset Training Manual
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• Model Description
3D bolted assembly - 4 parts:
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– Bushing
– Nut
– Bolt
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The best way to ensure an accurate result with a standard contact pair is to perform a
sensitivity study with different stiffness values, stiffness updating schemes and algorithms
until results converge to the same “correct” answer. Too high a stiffness can produce
divergence, too low a stiffness can produce convergence but possible over penetration, an
excessive bolt pretension adjustment and ultimately an inaccurate prediction of surface February 4, 2005
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For this model, as stiffness increases, contact penetration and the required bolt
pretension adjustment decrease as expected. The maximum pressure also
decreases. This is because the load is redistributing across a larger bearing area
resulting in an overall decrease in maximum bearing pressure on the bushing-
bracket interface. Notice also the trend toward more iterations and longer run times
as stiffness is increased. It is also worth noting the benefit of using the automatic
stiffness updating tool between iterations to achieve convergence at the default
normal stiffness factor =1.0.
Specifying the right contact stiffness is highly problem dependent and is always a
balance between quality of results (accuracy) and cost (run time).
Based on this study, a normal stiffness factor of 0.10 would be satisfactory. The
Augmented Lagrange algorithm has proven to provide more robust contact solutions February 4, 2005
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F. Frictional Contact Options Training Manual
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Model Description
3D bolted assembly - 4 parts:
– Bracket
– Bushing
– Nut
– Bolt
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With the addition of contact friction, the results now reflect the correct response to the
bearing load applied to the bushing perpendicular to the bolt axis.
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Plot the contact frictional stresses saved to the Solution Information Branch
These results look qualitatively correct, but how accurate are they?
Two basic but important aspects to consider when modeling friction is quality of mesh
(especially on the curved surfaces) and time increment size (substeps) used.
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Now that the model is producing qualitatively correct answers, consider the effect of
mesh refinement in critical areas.
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The last simulation is the same model as Bolted_Joint_03B, friction 2 only using smaller
time step size.
This will force the solver to use at least a time step size of 1/10 with a minimum of 1/200
if necessary.
Another useful but expensive option available to help with unconverged solutions
involving friction is activation of full Newton-Raphson with unsymmetric matrices of
elements. “NROPT,UNSYMM” This offers a more robust formulation of the stiffness
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