Pinching of a solid sphere between two plates

[CKJK]

Hello,

I found something interested me from Abaqus documentation. It said this LCP solution is not supported in Abaqus/CAE. Does anyone have an idea how to simulate this kind of animation in Abaqus/CAE? I would like to give solid sphere density, viscosity, shear elasticity, and eos parameters, by the way.

Thanks in advance!

 

[FEA way]

Indeed this technique is not supported by Abaqus/CAE. But you can activate it using the following keyword (either by editing the input file or using Keyword Editor): *Solution Technique, Type=LCP Contact

 

[Mustaine3]

This contact method is for linear analysis. Your analysis will not be linear with the material options you plan to use, so you don't need that method. Just do a nonlinear analysis and use the regular contact options.