To create or edit friction behavior:

Display the connector property editor.

To create a new connector property, follow the procedure outlined in “Creating connector properties,” Section 15.11.7.

To edit an existing connector property, select ConnectorPropertyManager from the main menu bar, select the connector property from the list that appears, and click Edit.

In the Edit Connector Property dialog box, do one of the following:

To define a new friction behavior, click Add and select Friction from the menu that appears.

To edit an existing friction behavior, select the behavior from the Behavior Options list to display the associated data fields for that option.

Choose the Friction model. For more information, see “What types of friction models are available?,” Section 15.7.3.

Predefined

Use a predefined friction model. ABAQUS displays the tangent direction along which friction occurs.

User-defined

Allows you to specify the tangent direction in which friction forces or moments are applied and to define friction-generating contact force contributions.

If you are specifying a user-defined friction model, choose the Tangent direction. Specify the available component of relative motion along which friction forces or moments are applied. You can define multiple friction behaviors to model friction for more than one component, but ABAQUS allows only one friction behavior for each component.

Choose the Stick stiffness.

Use default

ABAQUS computes an appropriate stick stiffness.

Specify

Enter the stick stiffness associated with frictional behavior in the direction specified by the tangent direction.

Configure the Tangential Behavior. For more information, see “Configuring tangential behavior for connector friction,” Section 15.14.4.

If you are specifying a predefined friction model, specify the Predefined Friction Parameters. If you are specifying a user-defined friction model, specify the Internal Contact Forces. For more information, see “Specifying predefined friction parameters or internal contact forces,” Section 15.14.5.

Select one of the following:

If you want to continue defining behaviors, click Add, select the desired behavior, and continue the connector property definition. For instructions on defining other behaviors, see “Using the connector property editors,” Section 15.14.

If you want to view or edit an existing behavior, select the behavior from the Behavior Options list. For instructions on editing behaviors, see “Using the connector property editors,” Section 15.14.

If you want to save your connector property definition and exit the editor, click OK.