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Contact elements

Submitted by kajalschopra on

Anyone has experience using contact elements in any software?

That is, any experience concerning non linearities arising due to contact/friction?

Its application in vibration analysis? Would like to discuss few things there...

I use contact element as MPC methods in ansys but I meet problem maybe because the target surface isn't shape-flat.

my project is modelling crack growth in weld fillet on tubular joint,  I have plan to modelling brace and chord with shell element and for weld metal with solid element ...

 

this my listing model in ansys 

!Subrotine

q=0.0005 !change with crack depth

w=q+0.0005

e=0.0005



/filname,Tugas Akhir Eko,0,off 

/title,Fracture on mismatching welded tubular joint

/prep7

/units,si



mp,ex,1,2E11                !Material properties (base)

mp,prxy,1,0.26                 

mp,dens,1,7850

tb,biso,1

tbdata,1,2.5e8,2e7



mp,ex,2,2E11                !Material properties (weld)

mp,prxy,2,0.26                 

mp,dens,2,7850

tb,biso,2

tbdata,1,2.5e8,2e7



et,1,186,,,1                    !Elements selection                

et,2,181

et,3,170

et,4,175

           

keyopt,2,1,0                    !Keyoptions setting

keyopt,3,5,3

keyopt,4,2,2

keyopt,4,12,5



r,1,0.1128                !Real constant setting

r,2,,,,,,-300



!----------(weld)            !Tubular joint modelling  

cylind,0.19172,0.203,-2.065,2.065,0,90

wprota,,-45

cylind,0.07556,0.07,0,2.2402,-90,90

csys,4

agen,2,3,,,,,0.015

vsba,2,13

vdele,4,,,1

vsba,1,15

vdele,2,,,1

vsba,3,20

vdele,1,,,1

cylind,0.0872,0.091,0,1,-90,90

vsba,4,7

vdele,5,,,1

vdele,1,,,1

vglue,2,3

l,24,27

l,21,28

al,2,3,41

al,1,4,39

al,4,36,44,3

va,4,7,8,9,23

vglue,1,2,4



!----------(brace)

cylind,0.07,0.07278,0,2.2482,-90,90

vsba,1,18

vdele,2,,,1

vdele,4

adele,28,30,,1

adele,2,26,26-2,1



!----------(chord)

wprota,,45

cylind,0.19172,0.19736,-2.065,2.065,-90,90

vsba,1,17

vsba,2,15

vdele,4

vdele,7,,,1

vdele,1

adele,3,31,31-3,1

adele,19,,,1

adele,24,28,2,1

adele,1,2,,1

adele,9,29,29-9,1



kl,3,.5                    !Surface crack modelling

kwpave,2

kwplan,,2,24,18

csys,wp

kgen,2,2,,,0.001

kgen,2,2,,,-0.001

kgen,2,2,,,,,0.005

kgen,2,2,,,,w

kgen,2,12,,,,w

lstr,3,11

lstr,11,12

lstr,3,12

lstr,12,32

lstr,31,32

larc,3,31,2,w

larc,11,31,2,w

al,5,13,14

al,5,6,7

al,6,14,12,11

al,7,13,12,11

va,1,2,3,9

vgen,2,1,,,,-e,,,,1

vovlap,1,3,5,6

vdele,2,4,2,1

 

Thanks U so much if you can help me   

Go on my email: ekolossal [at] gmail.com  

Sat, 10/22/2011 - 20:47 Permalink

Yes, I'm talking of non lienar only- I'm trying to use a contact element to account for friction effects between a damper and blade - I am to run a dynamic analysis.

In the software I use contact elements can be applied beyween two pairing nodes of surfaces in contact or between a node and the ground (indicating something which is not included in structural model).

How have you encountered in contact elements..Can you provide some insight/documents to give an undestanding?

Sun, 10/23/2011 - 23:39 Permalink