ProductsAbaqus/StandardAbaqus/ExplicitAbaqus/CAE DescriptionConnection type TRANSLATOR imposes kinematic constraints and uses local orientation definitions equivalent to combining connection types SLOT and ALIGN. The connector constraint forces and moments reported as connector output depend strongly on the order and location of the nodes in the connector (see Connector Behavior). Since the kinematic constraints are enforced at node b (the second node of the connector element), the reported forces and moments are the constraint forces and moments applied at node b to enforce the TRANSLATOR constraint. Thus, in most cases the connector output associated with a TRANSLATOR connection is best interpreted when node b is located at the center of the device enforcing the constraint. This choice is essential when moment-based friction is modeled in the connector since the contact forces are derived from the connector forces and moments, as illustrated below. Proper enforcement of the kinematic constraints is independent of the order or location of the nodes. FrictionPredefined Coulomb-like friction in the TRANSLATOR connection relates the kinematic constraint forces and moments in the connector to the friction force (CSF1) in the translation along the slot. The frictional effect is formally written as where the potential represents the magnitude of the frictional tangential traction in the connector in the local 1-direction, is the friction-producing normal (contact) force in the direction normal to the slot, and is the friction coefficient. Frictional stick occurs if ; and sliding occurs if , in which case the friction force is . The normal force is the sum of a magnitude measure of contact friction-producing connector forces, , and a self-equilibrated internal contact force, : The contact force magnitude is defined by summing the following three contributions:
Thus, where . The magnitude of the frictional tangential tractions, is . Summary
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