Abaqus

CAE (ver. 6.12) Self Contact Tutorial

Problem Description

Arubbersealisusedtosealaflange.Theflangematerialismuchstifferthanthesealmaterial,andwillbe
approximatedasrigid.Thesealhasthepossibilityofselfcontactduetothehighdeformationsitundergoes.The
lengthofthesealismuchlargerthanitscrosssection,soaplanestrainmodelwillbeused.

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Analysis Steps
1. StartAbaqusandchoosetocreateanewmodeldatabase
2. InthemodeltreedoubleclickonthePartsnode(orrightclickonpartsandselectCreate)

3. IntheCreatePartdialogbox(shownabove)namethepartseal
a. Select2DPlanar
b. SelectDeformable
c. SelectShell
d. Setapproximatesize=20
e. ClickContinue
4. Createthegeometryshownbelow(notdiscussedhere).Dimensionsareinmillimeters.
a. Hint:Drawtherectangleandlargecirclefirst;thenusethefillettoolforthesmallarcs.

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 b. ClickDone

5. FromthemenubarselectToolsSurfaceCreate
a. Namethesurfaceseal_surface
b. SelectGeometryfortype
c. ClickContinue
d. Selectallofthesealperimeter
e. ClickDone

6. InthemodeltreedoubleclickonthePartsnode(orrightclickonpartsandselectCreate)

7. IntheCreatePartdialogbox(shownabove)namethepartgroove
a. Select2DPlanar
b. SelectAnalyticalrigid
c. Setapproximatesize=50

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 d. ClickContinue
8. Createthegeometryshownbelow(notdiscussedhere).Dimensionsareinmillimeters.

a. ClickDone
9. FromthemenubarselectToolsReferencePoint

a. Selectthecenterofthebottomlineofthegroovefeature.
b. Thereferencepointwillbecreatedasshown.

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 10. FromthemenubarselectToolsSurfaceCreateNamethesurface
groove_surface
a. ClickContinue
b. Selectthegroovegeometry
c. ClickDone

d. Selectthecolorcorrespondingtotheinsidesurface,inthiscaseMagenta.

11. InthemodeltreedoubleclickonthePartsnode(orrightclickonpartsandselectCreate)

12. IntheCreatePartdialogbox(shownabove)namethepartflange
a. Select2DPlanar
b. SelectAnalyticalrigid
c. Setapproximatesize=50
d. ClickContinue

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 13. Createthegeometryshownbelow(notdiscussedhere).Dimensionsareinmillimeters.

14. FromthemenubarselectToolsReferencePoint
a. Selectthecenterofthebottomlineofthegroovefeature.
b. Thereferencepointwillbecreatedasshown.

15. FromthemenubarselectToolsSurfaceCreate.Namethesurfaceflange_surface
a. ClickContinue
b. Selecttheflangegeometry
c. ClickDone

d. Selectthecolorcorrespondingtothebottomsurface,inthiscaseYellow.

16. DoubleclickontheMaterialsnodeinthemodeltree

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 a. Namethenewmaterialseal_materialandgiveitadescription
b. ClickontheMechanicaltabElasticityElastic
c. DefineYoungsModulusandthePoissonsRatio(useSI(mm)units)
i. Youngsmodulus=100,Poissonsratio=0.3
d. Sincethisisanexplicitmodel,materialdensitymustalsobedefined
e. ClickontheGeneraltabDensity
i. Density=1X105
f. ClickOK

17. DoubleclickontheSectionsnodeinthemodeltree
a. Namethesectionseal_sectionandselectSolidforthecategoryandHomogeneousforthetype
b. ClickContinue
c. Selectthematerialcreatedabove(seal_material)andsetthethicknessto1
d. ClickOK

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 18. ExpandthePartsnodeinthemodeltree,expandthenodeofthepartseal,anddoubleclickonSection
Assignments
a. SelecttheentiregeometryintheviewportandpressDoneinthepromptarea
b. Selectthesectioncreatedabove(seal_section)
c. ClickOK

19. ExpandtheAssemblynodeinthemodeltreeandthendoubleclickonInstances
a. SelectDependentfortheinstancetype
b. Selectthethreeparts:flange,groove,andseal
c. SelectAutooffsetfromotherinstances
d. ClickOK

20. InthetoolboxareaclickontheTranslateInstanceicon
a. Selectthegroovegeometry,clickDone
b. Selectthereferencepointonthegroovegeometry.
c. Enter0,0forendpoint,PressEnter
d. ClickOk

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 21. InthetoolboxareaclickontheTranslateInstanceicon
a. Selecttheseal,clickDone
b. Selectthelowerrightcorneroftheseal.
c. Selectthelowerrightcornerofthegroove.
d. ClickOk

22. InthetoolboxareaclickontheTranslateInstanceicon
a. Selecttheflangegeometry,clickDone
b. Selectthereferencepointontheflangegeometry.
c. Enter(0,6)forendpoint,PressEnter
d. ClickOk

e. Thecompletedassemblyshouldnowlooklikeisshownbelow.

23. DoubleclickontheStepsnodeinthemodeltree
a. Namethestep,settheproceduretoGeneral,selectDynamic,Explicit,andclickContinue

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 b. Acceptthedefaultsettings,clickOK

24. DoubleclickontheAmplitudesnodeinthemodeltree
a. Nametheamplitudedisp_amplitude,selectSmoothstepfortype,clickContinue
b. Enterthepoints(0,0)and(1,1)onthefirstandsecondlinesrespectively.

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 25. DoubleclickontheBCsnodeinthemodeltree
a. Nametheboundaryconditionfix_grooveandselectSymmetry/Antisymmetry/Encastreforthe
type.

b. SelectthereferencepointonthegroovegeometryandclickDone
c. SelectENCASTREfortheboundaryconditionandclickOK

26. DoubleclickontheBCsnodeinthemodeltree
a. Nametheboundaryconditionrestrain_flangeandselectDisplacement/Rotationforthetype.
b. Selectthereferencepointontheflange.
c. Setthexdisplacementto0.Setthezrotationto0
d. LeavetheAmplitudeon(Instantaneous),ClickOK

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27. DoubleclickontheBCsnodeinthemodeltree
e. Nametheboundaryconditionflange_dispandselectDisplacement/Rotationforthetype.
f. Selectthereferencepointontheflange.
g. Settheydisplacementto2.5.
h. Selecttheamplitudecreatedabove(disp_amplitude),clickOK

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 28. DoubleclickontheInteractionPropertiesnodeinthemodeltree
a. NametheinteractionpropertiesandselectContactforthetype,clickContinue

b. OntheMechanicaltabSelectTangentialBehavior
i. SetthefrictionformulationtoPenalty
ii. SetFrictionCoefficientto0.5
c. OntheMechanicaltabSelectNormalBehavior
d. Acceptdefaults,ClickOK

29. DoubleclickontheInteractionsnodeinthemodeltree
a. Nametheinteraction,selectSelfcontact(Explicit),andclickContinue
b. ClicktheSurfacesbuttoninthelowerrightoftheviewport
c. IntheRegionSelectionwindowselectseal1.seal_surface,clickContinue
d. Changethecontactinteractionpropertiestotheonecreatedabove(ifnotalreadydone)
e. ClickOK

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30. DoubleclickontheInteractionsnodeinthemodeltree
a. Nametheinteraction,selectSurfacetosurfacecontact(Explicit),andclickContinue
b. IntheRegionSelectionwindowselectseal1.seal_surface,andclickContinue
c. ClickSurfaceforsecondsurfacetype
d. IntheRegionSelectionwindowselectflange1.flange_surface,andclickContinue
e. Changethecontactinteractionpropertiestotheonecreatedabove(ifnotalreadydone)
f. ClickOK

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31. Repeattocreatesurfacetosurfacecontactbetweenseal1.seal_surfaceandgroove1.groove_surface

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 32. InthemodeltreedoubleclickonMeshfortheSealpart,andinthetoolboxareaclickontheAssign
ElementTypeicon
a. SelectExplicitforelementtype
b. SelectLinearforgeometricorder
c. SelectPlaneStrainforfamily
d. Notethatthenameoftheelement(CPE4R)anditsdescriptionaregivenbelowtheelementcontrols
e. SelectOK

33. InthetoolboxareaclickontheAssignMeshControlsicon
a. Selectallofthegeometry
b. ChangetheelementshapetoQuad

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 34. InthetoolboxareaclickontheSeedParticon
a. UnderSizingControlssetApproximateglobalsizeto0.23,ClickOK

35. InthetoolboxareaclickontheMeshParticon
a. ClickYes

36. InthemodeltreedoubleclickontheJobnode
a. Namethejobcompress_seal
b. Givethejobadescription,clickContinue
c. Acceptdefaults,clickOK

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 37. InthemodeltreerightclickonthejobjustcreatedandselectSubmit
a. WhileAbaqusissolvingtheproblemrightclickonthejobsubmitted,andselectMonitor

b. IntheMonitorwindowcheckthattherearenoerrorsorwarnings
i. Ifthereareerrors,investigatethecause(s)beforeresolving
ii. Iftherearewarnings,determineifthewarningsarerelevant,somewarningscanbesafelyignored

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 38. Inthemodeltreerightclickonthesubmittedandsuccessfullycompletedjob,andselectResults

39. Displaythedeformedcontourofthe(Von)Misesstressoverlaidwiththeundeformedgeometry
a. Inthetoolboxareaclickonthefollowingicons
i. PlotContoursonDeformedShape
ii. AllowMultiplePlotStates
iii. PlotUndeformedShape

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 40. Tochangetheoutputbeingdisplayed,inthemenubarclickonResultsFieldOutput
a. Animportantquantityforthistypeofanalysiswouldbethecontactpressurebetweenthesealand
theflange.
b. Selectthecontactpressureatsurfacenodes(CPRESS)
c. ClickOK

41. Theareaofselfcontactcanbeseenwherethefilletareafoldedontoitself.

42. Anotherquantitythatmightbeofinterestistheforcerequiredtocompresstheseal.Thiscanbeobtained
fromthereactionforceattheflangereferencepoint.

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 a. Tochangetheoutputbeingdisplayed,inthemenubarclickonResultsFieldOutput
b. Selectthereactionforceatnodes(RF)
i. SelectRF2undercomponentsfortheverticalreactionforce.
c. ClickOK

d. FromthemenubarselectToolsQuery
e. FromtheQuerywindow,selectProbeValues
f. IntheProbeValueswindowselectNodesintheProbe:dropdownmenu
g. CheckRF,RF2
h. Intheviewport,clickontheflangereferencepoint.Thevalueofthereactionforcewillappearinthe
ProbeValueswindow.
i. Sincethisisaplanestrainanalysis,thereportedforceisaperunitlengthvalue.

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 43. InthemenutreedoubleclickontheXYDatanode(orrightclickonXYDataandselectCreate)
a. Note:AllXYdataandplotsareonlysavedforthecurrentsession.WhenAbaqusisclosedtheywill
notbesavedwiththemodeloreventheoutputdatabase.
b. SelectODBhistoryoutputforSouce.ClickContinue
c. SelectArtificialstrainenergy:ALLAEforWholeModel,clickSaveAs
d. NamethedataALLAEandclickOK.

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e. SelectInternalenergy:ALLIEforWholeModel,clickSaveAs
f. NamethedataALLIEandclickOK
g. ClickDismisstocloseHistoryOutputwindow.

44. ExpandtheXYDatanode
a. DoubleclickonALLAEtoplotthedata.
b. Inthemenutree,clicktheXYCurveOptionsicon.
c. MakesurethatALLAEisselectedundercurves.
d. IntheThicknessdropdownmenuselectthelargestlinethickness.
e. ClickDismiss

f. Inthemenutree,rightclickonALLIEunderXYDataandselectAddtoPlot

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 g. Theartificialenergyissmallcomparedtothetotalinternalenergyofthesystem.

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