ZeroLengthImpact3D: Difference between revisions

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This command constructs a node-to-node zero-length contact element in 3D space.

element zeroLengthImpact3D $tag $slaveNode $masterNode $direction $initGap $frictionRatio $Kt $Kn $Kn2 $Delta_y $cohesion

$tag	unique element object tag
$slaveNode	Slave node tag
$masterNode	Master node tag
$direction	1 if normal vector of master plane points to +X direction 2 if normal vector of master plane points to +Y direction 3 if normal vector of master plane points to +Z direction
$initGap	Initial gap between master plane and slave plane
$frictionRatio	Friction ratio
$Kt	Penalty in tangential directions (parallel to master and slave planes)
$Kn	Penalty in normal direction (normal to master and slave planes)
$Kn2	Penalty in normal direction after yielding based on Hertz impact model
$Delta_y	Yield deformation based on Hertz impact model
$cohesion	Cohesion, if no cohesion, it is zero

NOTES:

This new element has been developed on top of the “zeroLengthContact3D” element. All the notes available in the following link would apply to the new element as well. This includes the definition of master and slave nodes, the number of degrees of freedom in the domain, etc.

EXAMPLES:

Gang Wang to provide a smart example!

REFERENCES:

Code Developed by: Arash E. Zaghi, Majid Cashany, University of Connecticut (UConn)

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 NOTES:
-# The contact element is node-to-node contact. Contact occurs between two contact nodes when they come close. The relation follows Mohr-coulomb law: T = $mu * N + $c, where T is tangential force and N is normal force across the interface. $mu is friction coefficient and $c is total cohesion (summed over the effective area of contact nodes)
+# This new element has been developed on top of the “zeroLengthContact3D” element. All the notes available in the following link would apply to the new element as well. This includes the definition of master and slave nodes, the number of degrees of freedom in the domain, etc.
-# The contact node pair in node-to-node contact element is termed "master node" and "slave node", respectively. Master/slave plane is the contact plane which the master/slave node belongs to. The discrimination is made solely for contact detection purpose. User need to specify the corresponding out normal of the master plane, and this direction is assumed to be unchanged during analysis. For simplicity, 3D contact only allows 3 options to specify the directions of the contact plane. The convention is: out normal of master plane always points to positive axial direction (+X or +Y, or +Z)
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-# For 2D contact, slave nodes and master nodes must be 2 DOF. For 3D contact, slave nodes and master nodes must be 3 DOF.
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-# The resulted tangent from the contact element is '''NON-SYMMETRIC'''. Switch to non-symmetric matrix solver.
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