Structural Concepts: Contacts

In this training video, we describe the Structural concepts in ANSYS software, focusing on defining Contacts. We provide you with a detailed and comprehensive tutorial to help you master all concepts of contact definition in structural simulations without any issues.

Whenever two bodies come close together, the contact region becomes important. For analyzing the contact between two objects, two forces are effective: the force in the normal direction and the sliding force in the tangential direction.

Contacts determine how two connecting bodies move relative to each other. There are different types of contacts available:

• Bonded
• No Separation
• Frictionless
• Rough
• Frictional