- From the main menu bar, select .
- In the Create Interaction Property dialog box that appears, do the following:
- Click Continue to close the Create Interaction Property dialog box.
- From the menu bar in the contact property editor, select .
- From the Constraint enforcement method field, select Penalty (Standard) to enforce contact constraints using the penalty method.
- Toggle off Allow separation after contact if you want to prevent surfaces from separating once they have come into contact.
- Choose the Linear enforcement behavior in the Behavior field to use the linear penalty method for the enforcement of the contact constraint.
- Specify the contact stiffness in the Stiffness value field.
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Choose Use default to have Abaqus calculate the penalty contact stiffness automatically.
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Choose Specify, and enter a positive value for the linear penalty stiffness.
- Specify a factor by which to multiply the chosen penalty stiffness in the Stiffness scale factor field.
- Specify the Clearance at which contact pressure is zero. The default value is 0.
- Click OK to create the contact property and to exit the Edit Contact Property dialog box.
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