*CONTACT MASS SCALING

Specify contact mass scaling during the step.

This option is used to specify contact mass scaling during the step for part or all of the model.

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Mass Scaling

Products Abaqus/Explicit Abaqus/CAE

Type Model or history data

LevelModelStep

Abaqus/CAE Interaction module

Optional parameters

LOCATION

Set LOCATION=NONE for no contact mass scaling.

Set LOCATION=ELEMENT MASS SCALING (default) to apply contact mass scaling only to surface nodes potentially involved in element mass scaling.

Set LOCATION=ALL CONTACT SURFACES to apply contact mass scaling to all the surface nodes involved in general contact.

Set LOCATION=SPECIFIED SURFACES to apply contact mass scaling only to the contact surfaces listed in the data lines.

Data lines to define contact mass scaling when LOCATION=SPECIFIED SURFACES

First line
  1. List of contact surfaces, eight per line.

Repeat this data line as often as necessary.