Interpreting Contact Penetration Using Ansys Mechanical — Lesson 3

To solve interactions between various parts of the assembly, we define contacts of different types. Though the actual parts do not penetrate each other in the real world, after solving them, we may see penetration across contacts. So, we need to understand and examine such results carefully. In this video, we will discuss why we see penetration and how we can interpret this result.

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0:00 — Introduction
0:40 — Understanding Penalty-Based Contact Formulations​
2:10 — How to Interpret Non-Zero Contact Penetration?​
3:26 — Understanding Frictionless Contact Definition​
4:44 — How to Ensure Global & Local Force Balance?​
5:34 — Inserting the Contact Tool and Analyzing the Available Results​
6:32 — Visualizing Contact Penetration using Section Planes​
7:24 — Comparing Contact Penetration with the Local Deformation Results​
8:21 — Comparing Contact Penetration with the Geometry Dimensions​
9:08 — Ways to Reduce Contact Penetration & their Effects on Simulation Results