*CONTACT PRINT

Define print requests for contact variables.

This option is used to provide tabular printed output of contact variables for contact surface pairs.

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ProductsAbaqus/Standard

TypeHistory data

LevelStep

Optional parameters

FREQUENCY

Set this parameter equal to the output frequency, in increments. The output will always be printed at the last increment of each step unless FREQUENCY=0. The default is FREQUENCY=1. Set FREQUENCY=0 to suppress the output.

MAIN

Set this parameter equal to the name of the main surface for which this output request is being made.

NSET

Set this parameter equal to the name of the node set for which this output request is being made.

SECONDARY

Set this parameter equal to the name of the secondary surface for which this output request is being made.

SUMMARY

Set SUMMARY=YES (default) to obtain a summary of the maximum and minimum values in each column of the table and their locations. Set SUMMARY=NO to suppress this summary.

TOTALS

Set TOTALS=YES to print the total of each column in the table. The default is TOTALS=NO.

Data lines to request contact variable output in the data file

First line

  1. Give the identifying keys for the variables to be written to the data file for this contact pair. The keys are defined in Abaqus/Standard Output Variable Identifiers.

Repeat this data line as often as necessary: each line defines a table. If this line is omitted, the default variables will be output.