Penalty Contact
Penalty Contact
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Hey,
I am using a penalty contact in my model and I plotted the energy quantities of the whole model. The total energy seems to be constant but I have negative internal work by penalty contact (ALLPW). Does anybody know what it is exactly and how it is calculated? I read somewhere in the manuals that ALLPW should be close to zero. That is unfortunately not the case in my model. Does this imply an error in the contact modelling? I attached a picture (the read negative line is ALLPW)
I am using a penalty contact in my model and I plotted the energy quantities of the whole model. The total energy seems to be constant but I have negative internal work by penalty contact (ALLPW). Does anybody know what it is exactly and how it is calculated? I read somewhere in the manuals that ALLPW should be close to zero. That is unfortunately not the case in my model. Does this imply an error in the contact modelling? I attached a picture (the read negative line is ALLPW)





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I have no idea.
Which version of abaqus are you using?
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http://www.simulia.com/SCCProceedings2012/content/...