ContactArea object

A ContactArea object specifies a suboption of gasket thickness behavior when variableUnits=FORCE on the GasketThicknessBehavior object. The ContactArea object defines the contact area or contact width versus closure curves to output an average pressure through variable CS11.

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Access

import material
mdb.models[name].materials[name].gasketThicknessBehavior.contactArea
import odbMaterial
session.odbs[name].materials[name].gasketThicknessBehavior.contactArea

ContactArea(...)

This method creates a ContactArea object.

Path

mdb.models[name].materials[name].gasketThicknessBehavior.ContactArea
session.odbs[name].materials[name].gasketThicknessBehavior.ContactArea

Required arguments

table

A sequence of sequences of Floats specifying the items described below.

Optional arguments

temperatureDependency

A Boolean specifying whether contact area data depend on temperature. The default value is OFF.

dependencies

An Int specifying the number of field variable dependencies included in the definition of the contact area data, in addition to temperature. The default value is 0.

Table data

  • Contact area or width; this value must be positive.

  • Closure; this value must be positive.

  • Temperature, if the data depend on temperature.

  • Value of the first field variable, if the data depend on field variables.

  • Value of the second field variable.

  • Etc.

Return value

A ContactArea object.

Exceptions

None.

setValues(...)

This method modifies the ContactArea object.

Required arguments

None.

Optional arguments

The optional arguments to setValues are the same as the arguments to the ContactArea method.

Return value

None.

Exceptions

None.

Members

The ContactArea object has members with the same names and descriptions as the arguments to the ContactArea method.