Assigning contact properties for contact pairs in Abaqus/Explicit

Contact properties:

  • define the mechanical and thermal surface interaction models that govern the behavior of surfaces when they are in contact; and

  • are assigned to individual contact pairs.

The following topics are discussed:

Related Topics
About mechanical contact properties
Contact pressure-overclosure relationships
Contact damping
Frictional behavior
User-defined interfacial constitutive behavior
Breakable bonds
In Other Guides
*CONTACT PAIR
*SURFACE INTERACTION
Interaction property editors

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