how to define a rigid plane in Ansys Mechanical APDL?

- July 21, 2021 at 7:13 pm
  
  chenyuanming
  Subscriber
  
  Hi there,
  I want to simulate a compression test of a structure, I want to use a rigid plane to compress the structure. but how to define the rigid plane quickly with apdl or GUI operations?
  Thank you!
- July 21, 2021 at 7:52 pm
  
  chenyuanming
  Subscriber
  
  like the rigid body in the picture
- August 2, 2021 at 9:35 pm
  
  mrife
  Ansys Employee
  
  Please see the following help section: Ansys Help -> Mechanical APDL -> Contact Technology Guide -> Chapter 2 GUI Aids for Contact Analysis. Specifically the section on the Contact Wizard. When defining a contact pair the Target side has an option of being flexible or rigid. If rigid there is also an option to include a pilot node. The moving and fixed rigid bodies can be modeled as surfaces or volumes. Then the appropriate surface used to define the target side.
  Have fun Mike
- November 25, 2021 at 1:40 pm
  
  chenqingsen
  Subscriber
  
  Hello´╝îdo you know how to define rigid-flexible contact using APDL ?