*CONTACT CLEARANCE ASSIGNMENT

Assign contact clearances between surfaces in the general contact domain.

This option is used to define initial contact clearances between contact surfaces and to control how initial contact overclosures are resolved in the general contact algorithm.

This page discusses:

See Also
*CONTACT
*CONTACT CLEARANCE
In Other Guides
Contact Initialization for General Contact in Abaqus/Explicit

ProductsAbaqus/Explicit

TypeModel or history data

LevelModelStep

There are no parameters associated with this option.

 

Data lines to define nondefault contact clearances

First line

  1. The name of the first (single-sided) surface.

  2. The name of the second (single-sided) surface.

  3. The name of the model data CONTACT CLEARANCE definition to be used.

  4. Optional data item when a CONTACT CLEARANCE definition specified with ADJUST=YES is referenced:

  5. Blank, the “word” MAIN, or the “word” SECONDARY to indicate how the surfaces will be treated while adjusting the surface nodes to resolve contact clearance violations. A blank entry indicates that the interaction will be treated as balanced main-secondary. A setting of MAIN or SECONDARY specifies the behavior of the first surface in a pure main-secondary interaction.

Repeat this data line as often as necessary. If the contact clearance assignments overlap, the last assignment applies in the overlap region.