Define an edge-to-edge contact

In an Abaqus axisymmetric structural solution, you can define an edge-to-edge contact by specifying master and slave surface regions.

1. Choose Home tab→Loads and Conditions group→Edge to Edge Contact .

2. In the Master Surface group, select the surface region, or click Create Region to create a new surface region.

3. In the Slave Surface group, select the surface region, or click Create Region to create a new surface region.

4. (Optional) In the Contact Pair group, select or create a Contact Property modeling object to define non-standard properties for the specified regions of the contact. For more information, see Defining contact properties (Abaqus Dynamic Explicit analyses).

5. (Optional) In the Contact Smoothing group, select or create a Surface Smoothing modeling object to specify the method to use to improve the contact stress and pressure accuracy for axisymmetric, or nearly axisymmetric, surfaces. Three smoothing techniques are available: circumferential, spherical, and toroidal. In the Surface Smoothing dialog box, select the appropriate method and then select the points that define the region through which to apply the smoothing. For more information, see Surface Smoothing dialog box (Abaqus).

6. Click OK.

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