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[Killian HOLLEBEKE]

Hi everybody,

I'm working on a 2D model on LS-DYNA Workbench I'm trying to get some contact outputs via "Time history output controls" in the Analysis Settings menu. I wondered how to get these results and is it possible to visualize them in the mechanical window.

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Armin Abedini]

Hi Killian,

Could you describe what type of outputs you're looking for? Are you interested in contact force?

[Killian HOLLEBEKE]

Hi Armin,

Exactly, I'm looking for the contact force. I wanted to see Contact normal pressure, Contact shear stress and Nodal contact force in the LS-DYNA Contact tool but all of these are zero during all of the simulation. 

[Armin Abedini]

Hi Killian,

For contact force, you can right click on Solution Information, and then Insert a Contact Force (see the screenshot below).
For other variables, go to Time History Output Controls under Analysis Settings and select the data you'd like to output before running the analysis. Note that for some of these variables, you may need to add a Body Contact Tracker before running the analysis that is available from the LSDYNA Pre tab (screenshot below as well).