Products: ABAQUS/Standard ABAQUS/Explicit
The ABAQUS/Standard model consists of two bodies with their contact surfaces initially overclosed. This initial overclosure is maintained throughout the analysis by using the *CLEARANCE option and specifying a zero clearance value, except when the *CONTACT INTERFERENCE option is used. In these cases the initial overclosure is resolved before the load is applied.
Model:| 2-D solid element dimensions | 1.0 × 1.0 × 1.0 |
| 3-D solid element dimensions | 1.0 unit in each direction |
| 3-D shell element dimensions | 20 units in diameter |
The ABAQUS/Explicit model consists of three deformable bodies that are in contact with a rigid surface. Three different methods are used to define initial clearance values: using the VALUE parameter or specifying slave nodes and their corresponding initial clearance values on data lines that either follow the keyword line or are read from an input file. A two-dimensional model is considered with the deformable bodies modeled using CPE4R elements and the rigid body modeled using rigid elements, R2D2.
CPE4 elements, analytical rigid surface, contact directions redefined.
CPE4 elements, analytical rigid surface, contact directions redefined, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
CPE4 elements, analytical rigid surface, contact directions calculated by ABAQUS.
CPE4 elements, analytical rigid surface, contact directions calculated by ABAQUS, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
CPE4 elements, node-based surface, contact directions redefined.
CPE4 elements, node-based surface, contact directions redefined, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
CPE4 elements, node-based surface, contact directions calculated by ABAQUS.
CPE4 elements, node-based surface, contact directions calculated by ABAQUS, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
CPE4, R2D2 elements, *CONTACT INTERFERENCE.
CPE4, R2D2 elements, *CONTACT INTERFERENCE, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
CPE4, R2D2 elements, contact directions redefined.
CPE4, R2D2 elements, contact directions redefined, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
CPE4, R2D2 elements, contact directions calculated by ABAQUS.
CPE4, R2D2 elements, contact directions calculated by ABAQUS, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
CPE4 elements, contact directions redefined.
CPE4 elements, contact directions redefined, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
CPE4 elements, contact directions calculated by ABAQUS.
CPE4 elements, contact directions calculated by ABAQUS, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
C3D8 elements, analytical rigid surface, contact directions redefined.
C3D8 elements, analytical rigid surface, contact directions redefined, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
C3D8 elements, analytical rigid surface, contact directions calculated by ABAQUS.
C3D8 elements, analytical rigid surface, contact directions calculated by ABAQUS, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
C3D8 elements, node-based surface, contact directions redefined.
C3D8 elements, node-based surface, contact directions redefined, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
C3D8 elements, node-based surface, contact directions calculated by ABAQUS.
C3D8 elements, node-based surface, contact directions calculated by ABAQUS, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
C3D8, R3D4 elements, *CONTACT INTERFERENCE.
C3D8, R3D4 elements, *CONTACT INTERFERENCE, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
C3D8, R3D4 elements, contact directions redefined.
C3D8, R3D4 elements, contact directions redefined, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
C3D8, R3D4 elements, contact directions calculated by ABAQUS.
C3D8, R3D4 elements, contact directions calculated by ABAQUS, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
*POST OUTPUT analysis.
*POST OUTPUT analysis, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
C3D8 elements, *CONTACT INTERFERENCE.
C3D8 elements, *CONTACT INTERFERENCE, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
C3D8 elements, contact directions redefined.
C3D8 elements, contact directions redefined, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
C3D8 elements, contact directions calculated by ABAQUS.
C3D8 elements, contact directions calculated by ABAQUS, surface-to-surface constraint enforcement method.
S4R elements, contact directions redefined by specifying the components of the vectors directly.
S4R elements, contact directions redefined by specifying the thread geometry data and the two points on the axis of the bolt/bolt hole.
Two-dimensional contact analysis with three contact pairs with specified initial clearances.
File containing a list of slave nodes and their corresponding initial clearance values.