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Difference between Clearance and Contact Interference (Abaqus)

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erickvand

Automotive
Mar 5, 2012
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Hi,

Does anyone know the difference between the Clearance card and Contact Interference card in Abaqus ?
It's because I ran a calculation with 2 meshed surfaces which are not strictly parallel.
The Clearance card provides a COPEN equal to the clearance value I specified at the beginning of the calculation, on every nodes of the slave surface.
Instead of the Contact Interference card (without adjust for the contact where I apply the clearance), which provides a variable clearance between my surfaces at the beggining of the calculation, surely due to the initial mesh configuration.

Thanks for the help.

Eric
 
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