{"id":29844,"date":"2018-07-30T11:42:26","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T11:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/defining-rigid-body-and-contact\/"},"modified":"2018-07-30T11:42:26","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T11:42:26","slug":"defining-rigid-body-and-contact","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/defining-rigid-body-and-contact\/","title":{"rendered":"Defining rigid body and contact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;arched body shown in Fig 1, is supposed to act as a mold&nbsp;for the flat pane. I don&#8217;t want the mold to be deformed, I just want the loaded pane to follow it&#8217;s geometry.&nbsp;Therefore, for the mold, I defined the Stiffness Behavior (Mechanical &gt; Geometry &gt; Definition) as Rigid.<br \/>When the mesh is generated, only the upper surface of the mold&nbsp;seems to be meshed (as in Fig).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li>Is the definition of the mold as rigid done properly?<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Since it is defined as Rigid, does it matter what material do I assign at that&nbsp;solid element?<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Why is the upper surface of the mold meshed?<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Do I need to define Contact between these two bodies?<\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/f015da98-ab4c-4f6c-abca-a925013125bb\/92ab6bfd-297e-4441-8087-a92d00bd0c68_1.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"Fig 1\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-29844","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["2013"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0","0","0","0","0"],"_btv_view_count":["21005"],"_bbp_subscription":["42208"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["29844"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","897","42208","157933"],"_bbp_voice_count":["4"],"_bbp_reply_count":["24"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["317613"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["317613"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-11-14 14:56:44"]},"test":"jonsys"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/29844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/29844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}