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John Doyle
Ansys Employee

The code uses columb's friction law to enforce resistence to sliding.

Please refer to Section 13.174 of the MAPDL Theory Manual for formulas and more details.  13.174. CONTA174 - 3D 8-Node Surface-to-Surface Contact (ansys.com)