{"id":38221,"date":"2019-10-09T18:12:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T18:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/contact-interface-mech-help\/"},"modified":"2019-10-09T18:12:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T18:12:52","slug":"contact-interface-mech-help","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/contact-interface-mech-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact Interface\/Mech Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I am running a simulation that has a pin inserted in a cast steel hole. I have adjusted the geometry to be realistic with the pin sitting on the casting, rather than the two holes being concentric as shown in the image below.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/6f60fea8-71f4-42a4-aabb-aab800c1c9c2\/bda4a2eb-6762-43d6-b12f-aae1012bc7fc_capture.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>When I run initial contact the information says that the contact is not closed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What can I do to improve the contact status? I am running frictional type contact.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-38221","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["10399"],"_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"],"_btv_view_count":["366"],"_bbp_subscription":["242467"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["38221"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27790"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","168009"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["95749"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["95749"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2019-10-10 09:39:02"]},"test":"benwalker"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/38221","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\/38221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}