Contact Area

[willmcg4132]

Hello,

I am working on a project in ADAMS with multibody dynamics and intermittent contact. I have been using the IMPACT contact model, and the simulation is performing as it should, but for post-processing, I need to know not only the normal forces at each contact, but also the nominal contact area. I've struggled to figure out how to actually do this, so I thought I would reach out and see if anyone could help me out.

Thanks

 

[GregLocock]

Take the force history from ADAMS and apply it to an FEA model. It may be possible to extract the stresses in ADAMS/Durability but I don't know how.

Cheers

Greg Locock


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[willmcg4132]

Hey all,

I figured out how to do it, it turned out to be pretty involved, so a how-to with screen caps of everything is here:

http://www.wandertechnologies.com/p...es-and-calculating-contact-area-in-msc-adams/

http://www.WanderTechnologies.com