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Bernd Hochholdinger
Ansys Employee

Dear Henrik,

you can find the formulas for the calculation of the penalty contact stiffness in the LS-DYNA Theroy Manual section 29.3 (Penalty Method).

Please be aware that the contact stiffness depends on the contact settings SOFT=0/1/2.

For SOFT=0:

Regards,

Bernd

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