contact force in abaqus/explicit
contact force in abaqus/explicit
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hi,
I am using ABAQUS/Explicit for a structural impact problem.
I would like to plot the contact force as a function in time.
I already tried to specify contact force in the history output as a set(=contact surface. However, this resulted in an error message saying contact force in history output only is available in ABAQUS/Standard.
Could you please help me in finding a way to plot the contact force?
I am using ABAQUS/Explicit for a structural impact problem.
I would like to plot the contact force as a function in time.
I already tried to specify contact force in the history output as a set(=contact surface. However, this resulted in an error message saying contact force in history output only is available in ABAQUS/Standard.
Could you please help me in finding a way to plot the contact force?





RE: contact force in abaqus/explicit
The CFN variable is not available in /Explicit due to it's unique way of handling contact.
Best regards,
KF9RI
RE: contact force in abaqus/explicit
Actually i already found a way that gives me the contact force directly.
This invloves typing the CFN and CPSET=name command (under history output,contact output) in the inp file.
After each contact pair definition in the inp file you have to add: CPSET=name.
To plot the force in time simply use plot history output where you will now find CFN 1 to 3 for each contact pair.