Hello all,
I was wondering if there is any quick way to define contact-to-contact interactions in dynamic-explicit analysis for multiple surfaces and varying interaction properties.
Thanks for your help.
Hello guys, I'd really appreciate it if you answer my questions.
1- Is it necessary to have gravity load to activate contact interaction (to simulate friction) between two components?
2- What should be g (acceleration due to gravity) unit to be consistent with kips for force and inch for...
Hi everyone,
I am currently working on the modeling of the railroad track. In my model, I have simulated the rail and the crossties by beam elements and used connectors to add longitudinal elastic and friction elements. The rail is pushed by a concentrated force in axial direction.
I am...
Yes, connector elements were used to define friction and elasticity. This model has been also adopted in other paper which it can be seen in link below, some other characteristics are mentioned there...
Hello everyone,
I am currently working on a 3D FE model in ABAQUS, focusing on simulating thermal force resulting in a rail break which generates a gap in the rail.
Model description:
This model applies a compressive load in the longitudinal direction, aligned with the rail length, equivalent...
