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How to display the width of the contact area between two bodies

    • February 15, 2020 at 12:29 pm
      bolbol
      Subscriber

      Hello,


      In the following picture, how to calculate and display the width of the contact area after deformation occurred?


    • February 16, 2020 at 3:20 am
      peteroznewman
      Subscriber

      Insert a Contact Tool into the Solution.


      Insert a Pressure plot into the Contact Tool.


      Where the pressure is > 0, there is contact.


      You can visually measure the width with the onscreen ruler.

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