Contact modeling if substructures are present

Contact in Abaqus/Standard involving substructures:

  • is not part of the substructure definition;

  • requires retaining nodes on the exterior of the substructure;

  • requires the definition of a contact surface on the retained nodes; and

  • can be between the exterior of one substructure and another surface, the exterior of one substructure and the exterior of another substructure, and the exterior of one substructure and itself.

The following topics are discussed:

Related Topics
About contact interactions
About contact pairs in Abaqus/Standard
In Other Guides
Element-based surface definition
Node-based surface definition
Using substructures
Membrane elements
Surface elements

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