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Contact output - relative motion

Contact output - relative motion

Contact output - relative motion

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Dear forum members,

I am confronting a problem in obtaining some results for a contact problem, namely some difficulties in obtaining certain results from the Abaqus/Standard contact. Thus I would really appreciate any suggestions on overcoming contact problem.
Briefly, the two dimensional, plane strain numerical model I have consists of a vibrating roller (defined as a rigid body) which is in contact with a soil (modelled as a deformable body). The contact between the 2(two) bodies was defined as surface-to-surface contact.
After the analysis is completed (Abaqus/Standard) I would like to have a look at the relative displacements (velocities and accelerations) between the 2 surfaces in contact, for each integration time step. Unfortunately, as far as I was able to find out and understand from the Abaqus Users’ manual, the software can plot the sum of all the incremental slips during the analysis(reported as CSLIP1 in my case, and which within the CAE module is plotted as a length). I’ve also searched into the variables identifiers indicated by the Abaqus manual and I wasn’t able to find any other variable related to the motion between contact surfaces, except the CSLIP1(or 2).
Could you please indicate if there is any possibility of obtaining the above mentioned results (i.e. the relative displacements between the contact surfaces in an Abaqus/Standard analysis, at each time increment that Abaqus computes)?

Thank you very much in advance for your replies!

Best regards,
Catalin

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