Contact Force in Abaqus

[Hussain2339]

I am trying to find the value of the contact force between the projectile and the target. I defined it in history output as Contact force but the value I am getting is zero. However, The displacement ~time curve appears to be okay. How can I get the results of Force output?

 

[FEA way]

In the previous thread I told you that CFORCE is not available as history output. But there are other variables that you can use if you want to plot the contact force variation in time - check CFN (total force due to contact pressure).