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[marco.ballotta.2]

Is there a way to validate the results of a simulation involving contacts? 

I have obtained some stress results that seem realistic but how can I be sure they are correct?

They come from two bodies in contact, so how do I know the contact is modeld in the correct way? Thank you 

[Naresh Patre]

Hello @marco.ballotta.2

Please check out below Ansys Innovation Course on Reviewing Results - Validation and Insight Using Ansys Mechanical which covers topics related to reviewing stress analysis results.

Results Insight - ANSYS Innovation Courses

[marco.ballotta.2]

Thank you.

I am also checking out the course on contact mechanics.

Is it also useful to solve a simple contact problem and confront the results with the analytical solution, so to use the same contact settings for larger model that doesn't provide analytical solution? Hope I made myself clear.