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"ANSYS Workbench" Contact tool reults plotting

"ANSYS Workbench" Contact tool reults plotting

"ANSYS Workbench" Contact tool reults plotting

(OP)
Hello ANSYS users

in "ANSYS Workbench" how can I plot the Contact tool results (frictional stress, sliding distance...etc) with "length" (500mm for example) in the "x-axis" instead of default "by time" option???. the "Path" method can not be used with this type of results. I can get the results manually using probes but its a very long process. any help or suggestions will be highly appreciated. thanks in advance

RE: "ANSYS Workbench" Contact tool reults plotting

Hello Mirghani,

can you clarify the first sentence? It's not clear to me what is meant by: with "length" (500mm for example) in the "x-axis"

Pavel

RE: "ANSYS Workbench" Contact tool reults plotting

(OP)
Hellow Pavel,

thank you for your answer. what I want is to map the contact result on a specific length (the length of the contact itself). I have two surfaces (Surface to surface contact). how can I get these results. if I open the tabular data for the frictional stress results for example, these results will be shown in a table as a function of "time". what I want is the results but with respect to contact length instead of time. I think I have to insert a command or take it to APDL.

thank you pavel

RE: "ANSYS Workbench" Contact tool reults plotting

I see. You could try to define path using Construction Geometry feature (right click on Model->Insert). This is used to output results against defined path. But I have doubts whether this will work for contact results. You would need to try. The chances are you will need APDL to do that.

Good luck!

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