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contact analysis in abaqus

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FEIM

Structural
Nov 15, 2011
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Hi

I am doing a contact analysis in abaqus im trying to model a truck moving across a bridge deck, I have simplified my model down to very basic parts but still cant get it to work, with a basic shell deck it runs ok but then when i partition the deck and rerun the model the truck lifts off the deck as it drives across i didnt make any other change to the model only partition the deck so cant understand when its changing it so much

I have attached the file with the partitioned deck


thanks :)
 
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sorry the post is a little confusing im trying to model a dynamic contact analysis in explicit but when i make geometry changes to the part it effects the contact, the gravity load and the interaction should keep the truck in contact with the deck but it does not, I have attached the input file thanks
 
 http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=3f0f91c4-77f0-41b6-9a47-4f9643ba417d&file=T3.inp
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