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3D contact in V.40a
Posted 8 nov. 2010, 12:17 UTC−5 1 Reply
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Dear all,
I have modeled an elastomer substrate that should come in contact with a sphere (structural steel).
I have defined the contact pairs (the lower boundary of the sphere (source) and the upper surface of the elastomeric substrate (destination)), a prescribed displacement of the sphere; The elastomer is modeled as hyperelastic (mooney-rivlin). The lower face of the elastomer is fixed while the boundary of the elastomer are free.
In the stationary solver I have used a parameter for the displacement (I have used the " continuation " option).
The problem is that after the simulation there isn't any deformation of the elastomer and there isn't any displacement of the sphere.
I don't understand why... Could someone help me??
thank you so much.
Perla
I have modeled an elastomer substrate that should come in contact with a sphere (structural steel).
I have defined the contact pairs (the lower boundary of the sphere (source) and the upper surface of the elastomeric substrate (destination)), a prescribed displacement of the sphere; The elastomer is modeled as hyperelastic (mooney-rivlin). The lower face of the elastomer is fixed while the boundary of the elastomer are free.
In the stationary solver I have used a parameter for the displacement (I have used the " continuation " option).
The problem is that after the simulation there isn't any deformation of the elastomer and there isn't any displacement of the sphere.
I don't understand why... Could someone help me??
thank you so much.
Perla
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