Contact tests


In this section:

Small-sliding contact between stress/displacement elements
Small-sliding contact between coupled temperature-displacement surfaces
Small-sliding contact between coupled thermal-electrical-structural surfaces
Small-sliding contact between coupled pore pressure-displacement elements
Finite-sliding contact between stress/displacement elements
Finite-sliding contact between a deformable body and a rigid surface
Finite-sliding contact between a deformable body and a meshed rigid surface
Finite-sliding contact between coupled temperature-displacement elements
Finite-sliding contact between coupled thermal-electrical-structural elements
Finite-sliding contact between coupled pore pressure-displacement elements
Rolling of steel plate
Beam impact on cylinder
Contact with time-dependent prescribed interference values
Contact between discrete points
Finite sliding between concentric cylinders—axisymmetric and CAXA models
Automatic element conversion for surface contact
Contact with initial overclosure of curved surfaces
Small-sliding contact with specified clearance or overclosure values
Automatic surface definition and surface trimming
Self-contact of finite-sliding deformable surfaces
Contact surface extensions
Adjusting contact surface normals at symmetry planes
Contact controls
Contact searching for analytical rigid surfaces
Multiple surface contact with penalty method
Automated contact patch algorithm for finite-sliding deformable surfaces
Surface-to-surface approach for finite-sliding contact
Surface smoothing for surface-to-surface contact
General contact in Abaqus/Standard
Anisotropic friction for Abaqus/Explicit