Implement Vacuum Suction Load in Abaqus

[HassanNazarinezhad]

Hello Everybody,

I want to implement a Vacuum Suction load in my simulation based on a real industrial process as the below steps:


1- A vacuum based suction tool come into the contact to a thin plate (in centre line)
2- The left and right edges are this plate are fixed.
2- Vacuum toll pushes down the plate till U_y = -5
3- Then, pulls it back till U_y = +5
4- During all these steps, the suction tool always keeps its contact to the plate itself. , No Separation.

My problem is how to implement this kind of loading into Abaqus since the contact is not lost between suction tool and plate.

Any help or issues would be really appreciated.

thanks in advance,

 

[Mustaine3]

Look at the "No Separation" option in the contact property.