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peteroznewman
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If the physical problem has a 10 mm depth with a 185N normal force, and you build a Plane Strain model that has a 1 mm depth, the force in that 2D model should be in N/mm or a value of 18.5 N/mm and then you will get 328 MPa of contact pressure.

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