Reply To: Mechanical Free Play in Ansys

[peteroznewman]

These types of contact: Frictional, Frictionless and Rough can all simulate free play.  In addition, Joint types such as Revolute and Translational support hard stops at user defined limits of joint rotation or displacement.  These features can be in either a Rigid Dynamics (multibody) analysis or a Transient Structural analysis for flexible bodies.