MPC & CONTACT/CGAP (G) Based Fast Contact.: Product: Optistruct Product Version: 14.0 or Above
MPC & CONTACT/CGAP (G) Based Fast Contact.: Product: Optistruct Product Version: 14.0 or Above
Product: Optistruct
Product Version: 14.0 or above
Topic Objective
PARAM , CDITER for MPC & PARAM, FASTCONT, YES for CONTACT/CGAP(G) based Fast Contact.
Topic Details
Fast Contact uses a different formulation when compared to the Penalty-based approach and the MPC-
based contact. This is applicable in cases where the only nonlinearities in the model arise due to
Contact and the model includes small deformations and small sliding. There are two approaches to
Fast Contact in OptiStruct, MPC-based and CONTACT/CGAP(G)-based.
Setup the same as the N2S approach. With N2S discretization and no friction.
Conact interface is defined using CONTACT card
Activated using PARAM, FASTCONT, YES
Limitation:
No friction allowed.
No large displacement nonlinear analysis.
No nonlinear material.
No surface to surface discretization.
No finite sliding.