Prevent Surface Penetration 1

[Abq23]

When simulating a shaft-hub connection with a feather key, the feather key always penetrates the shaft and hub (see attachment).
A downward pulling force acts on the hub, which exerts a moment on the feather key.
My question would be, how can I prevent the penetration of the feather key into shaft and hub?

Info: All contact surfaces are defined as master and slave respectively and general contact I have selected as well.

Thanks in advance!

 

[FEA way]

What is the scale of the deformed shape plot ? Maybe mesh refinement will help.

 

[BrianE22]

I'm not an FEA guy but the print out looks a bit weird. Did you start it out with nearly zero radial and circumferential clearance? Just looks like the key was allowed to move.

 

[Abq23]

The deformation scale is at 1537. I think its a bit too high. If I change it to 100 I get a decent result (see image).
Is the result then still reasonable ? And how high or low should the deformation scale be ?

Yes, the radial and circumferential clearance is just zero. There is no space between the contact surfaces.
Thank you for the quick answers.

 

[FEA way]

This factor is used only for visualization (exaggerated deformation makes it easier to see how the model behaves), set it to 1 to see real deformations.

 

[Abq23]

Many thanks for your help