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No rating yet Subject: Re: [STRUC] Bonded contacts Author: Martin Liddle Date: 2008-05-05 11:07:16In message <481E2881.4060102_at_ens.etsmtl.ca>, Christiane Caouette writes >I'm thinking it's probably a constraint equation >between the contact points, but I need to be sure before I definitely >write them off as a solution to my problem. > My understanding is that it is only constraint equation based if you specifically request MPC contact. The default will be penalty based using real constant FKN for the normal stiffness and FKT for the tangent stiffness. You can see this for yourself if you run some simple test problems and study the effect of changing these parameters on the results. -- Martin Liddle, Tynemouth Computer Services, 3 Kentmere Way, Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 3TW. Web site: . ^-------------------------------------------------------- | XANSYS - www.xansys.org | | The Discussion List for users of ANSYS, Inc. Software | | Hosted by PADT - www.padtinc.com | ^--------------------------------------------------------