11.10 Performance improvements for general contact

Product: ABAQUS/Explicit  

Benefits: Computational speed for general contact has been improved.

Description: Significant improvements to the efficiency of general contact have been made in Version 6.5. Analysis times will typically decrease by 10–20% for ABAQUS/Explicit models in which a large fraction of elements are exposed to contact.

References:

ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual

ABAQUS Keywords Reference Manual