ContactSurface

class ansys.dyna.core.pre.dynabase.ContactSurface(set)

Defines a contact interface.

Overview

Methods

set_contact_region	Include in the contact definition only those SURFA nodes/segments within a box.
set_contact_thickness	Set the contact thickness for the SURFA surface.
set_penalty_stiffness_scale_factor	Set the scale factor on the default surface penalty stiffness.

Attributes

stub
id
thickness
penalty_stiffness

Import detail

from ansys.dyna.core.pre.dynabase import ContactSurface

Attribute detail

ContactSurface.stub

ContactSurface.id

ContactSurface.thickness = 0

ContactSurface.penalty_stiffness = 1.0

Method detail

ContactSurface.set_contact_region(box)

Include in the contact definition only those SURFA nodes/segments within a box.

Parameters:

boxBox

Box-shaped volume.

ContactSurface.set_contact_thickness(thickness)

Set the contact thickness for the SURFA surface.

Parameters:

thicknessfloat

Contact thickness.

ContactSurface.set_penalty_stiffness_scale_factor(scalefactor=1.0)

Set the scale factor on the default surface penalty stiffness.

Parameters:

scalefactorint, optional

Scale factor. The default is 1.0.