AbaqusCAE(ver.6.

10)ContactTutorial
ProblemDescription
In this problem, a segment of an electrical contact switch is modeled by displacing the upper portion by a prescribed amount and investigating the resulting contact region and stress.

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AnalysisSteps
1. StartAbaqusandchoosetocreateanewmodeldatabase 2. InthemodeltreedoubleclickonthePartsnode(orrightclickonpartsandselectCreate)

3. IntheCreatePartdialogbox(shownabove)namethepartand a. Select3D b. SelectDeformable c. SelectShell d. SelectExtrusion e. Setapproximatesize=50 f. ClickContinue 4. Createthegeometryshownbelow(notdiscussedhere). a. Note:Therightverticaledgeoftheswitchdoesnotneedtobedrawn.

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b. ClickDone

c. SetDepth=2 d. ClickOK 5. Toaidinmeshrefinementandassigningcontactsurfaces,wewanttopartitionthelowerhalfoftheswitch. a. InthetoolboxareaclickonthePartitionFace:Sketchicon. b. SelectthelowerhalfoftheswitchandclickDone c. Selecttherightedgeofthelowerhalfoftheswitch. d. Inthetoolbar,clickontheIsoViewicon. i. Note:IftheViewtoolbarisnotvisiblegotothemenuViewToolbarsViews e. InthetoolboxareaclickontheProjectEdgesicon. f. Selectthehighestedgeofthetophalfoftheswitchasshown.ClickDonetwice. g. ClickDonetoacceptpartitiongeometry.

6. DoubleclickontheMaterialsnodeinthemodeltree

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a. b. c. d.

Namethenewmaterialandgiveitadescription ClickontheMechanicaltabElasticityElastic DefineYoungsModulusandthePoissonsRatio(useSI(mm)units) ClickOK

7. DoubleclickontheSectionsnodeinthemodeltree a. NamethesectionShellPropertiesandselectShellforthecategoryandHomogeneousforthe type b. ClickContinue c. Selectthematerialcreatedabove(Steel)andsetthethicknessto0.15 d. ClickOK

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8. ExpandthePartsnodeinthemodeltree,expandthenodeofthepartjustcreated,anddoubleclickon SectionAssignments a. SelecttheentiregeometryintheviewportandpressDoneinthepromptarea b. Selectthesectioncreatedabove(ShellProperties) c. Specifyshelloffsetifnecessary d. ClickOK

e. InthemenubarselectAssignElementNormal f. Selectthelowerhalfoftheswitch,clickDone g. Thepurplefacesofthecontactareasshouldnowbefacingeachother. i. Note:Thegeometrymaystartwiththepurplefacesup,inwhichcaseyouwillhavetoflipthe orientationofthetopsurface.Theendgoalisthatyouhavethepurplefacesofthetwo contactingsurfacesfacingeachother.

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9. ExpandtheAssemblynodeinthemodeltreeandthendoubleclickonInstances a. SelectDependentfortheinstancetype b. ClickOK

10. DoubleclickontheStepsnodeinthemodeltree a. Namethestep,settheproceduretoGeneral,selectStatic,General,andclickContinue b. Acceptthedefaultsettings,clickOK

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11. DoubleclickontheBCsnodeinthemodeltree a. NametheboundaryconditionedFixedandselectSymmetry/Antisymmetry/Encastreforthetype

b. SelecttherightedgeofbothhalvesoftheswitchandclickDone c. SelectENCASTREfortheboundaryconditionandclickOK

12. DoubleclickontheBCsnodeinthemodeltree a. NametheboundaryconditionedDispandselectDisplacement/Rotationforthetype b. Selectthetopedgeofthetriangularportionofthegeometry c. Settheydisplacementto3,clickOK

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13. DoubleclickontheInteractionPropertiesnodeinthemodeltree a. NametheinteractionpropertiesandselectContactforthetype,clickContinue

b. OntheMechanicaltabSelectTangentialBehavior i. SetthefrictionformulationtoFrictionless c. OntheMechanicaltabSelectNormalBehavior i. Becausethesurfacesdonotstartincontact,changetheconstraintenforcementmethodto Penalty d. ClickOK

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14. DoubleclickontheInteractionsnodeinthemodeltree a. Nametheinteraction,selectSurfacetosurfacecontact,andclickcontinue b. Forthemastersurfaceselectthelowerportionofthegeometryatthefreeendandclickdone i. Whileapplyingthefixeddisplacement,thenodesatthetipoftheupperportionofthe geometrywillmakecontactatanunknownlocationonthelowersurface ii. Nodesontheslavesurfacecannotpenetratethesurfaceformedbytheelementfacesonthe mastersurface c. Selectthecolorofthesurfacecorrespondingtothetopsurface d. Fortheslavesurface,settheslavetypetoSurface e. Selecttheupperportionofthegeometryatthefreeendandclickdone f. Selectthecolorofthesurfacecorrespondingtothebottomsurface g. Changethecontactinteractionpropertiestotheonecreatedabove(ifnotalreadydone) h. ClickOK

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15. InthemodeltreedoubleclickonMeshfortheSwitchpart,andinthetoolboxareaclickontheAssign ElementTypeicon a. Selectallofthegeometry b. SelectStandardforelementtype c. SelectLinearforgeometricorder d. SelectShellforfamily e. Notethatthenameoftheelement(S4R)anditsdescriptionaregivenbelowtheelementcontrols f. SelectOK

16. InthetoolboxareaclickontheAssignMeshControlsicon a. Selectallofthegeometry b. ChangetheelementshapetoQuad c. ChangethetechniquetoStructured

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17. InthetoolboxareaclickontheSeedEdgesicon a. Selectthetwofixededges,clickDone b. SelectBynumber c. SetBiastoNone d. UnderSizingControlsenter8elements,ClickOK

18. InthetoolboxareaensuretheSeedEdgesiconisstillselected a. Selecttheedgesindicatedbelow b. SetMethodtoBySizeandBiastoDouble c. SetMinimumsizeto0.25andMaximumsizeto1,clickOK

19. InthetoolboxareaensuretheSeedEdgesiconisstillselected a. Selecttheremainingedgesindicatedbelow b. SetMethodtoBySizeandBiastoNone c. SetApproximateelementsizeto0.25,clickOK

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20. InthetoolboxareaclickontheMeshParticon a. ClickYes

21. InthemodeltreedoubleclickontheJobnode a. Namethejobswitch b. Givethejobadescription,clickContinue c. Acceptdefaults,clickOK

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22. InthemodeltreerightclickonthejobjustcreatedandselectSubmit a. WhileAbaqusissolvingtheproblemrightclickonthejobsubmitted,andselectMonitor

b. IntheMonitorwindowcheckthattherearenoerrorsorwarnings i. Ifthereareerrors,investigatethecause(s)beforeresolving ii. Iftherearewarnings,determineifthewarningsarerelevant,somewarningscanbesafely ignored

23. Inthemodeltreerightclickonthesubmittedandsuccessfullycompletedjob,andselectResults

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24. Displaythedeformedcontourofthe(Von)Misesstressoverlaidwiththeundeformedgeometry a. Inthetoolboxareaclickonthefollowingicons i. PlotContoursonDeformedShape ii. AllowMultiplePlotStates iii. PlotUndeformedShape

25. InthetoolboxareaclickontheCommonPlotOptionsicon a. SettheDeformationScaleFactorto1 b. ClickOK

26. Tochangetheoutputbeingdisplayed,inthemenubarclickonResultsFieldOutput a. Selectthecontactpressureatsurfacenodes(CPRESS) b. ClickOK

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