Working with ANSYS contact elements

This software supports ANSYS 1D and 2D contact elements in thermal and structural analyses. For example, you can use CONTA174 and TARGE170 contact elements to model sliding contact in a structural analysis.

Creating contact elements in Pre/Post

Depending on the type of contact element, you can either create them manually or you can have this software create them automatically during the export process.

• You can manually create CONTA174 and TARGE170 elements in the FEM file. You may want to manually create the elements when you want to group them or display them in Pre/Post. For more information, see Manually creating contact elements.Note: You cannot manually create 1D contact elements (CONTA172, CONTA175, CONTA177, TARGE169) in Pre/Post.

• You can have Pre/Post create contact elements automatically when you export the input file.

Importing contact elements into Pre/Post

Use the Import surface effect/contact elements in FEM option in the Import Simulation dialog box to control whether Pre/Post imports existing 2D contact elements into a FEM file. If you do not select this option, the software imports them into the Simulation file and associates the them with the appropriate boundary condition.

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