{"id":407044,"date":"2025-01-25T17:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T17:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/frictional-contact-interface-treatment\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T11:45:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T11:45:34","slug":"frictional-contact-interface-treatment","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/frictional-contact-interface-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Frictional Contact (Interface Treatment)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;hi, I have these two parts (1: Contact Body, 2: Target Body), with frictional contact between them. Partial view is shown below.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/25-01-2025-1737826788-mceclip0.png\" width=\"240\" height=\"197\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At the moment, I am able to simulate in transient ansys such that they &#8216;adjust to touch&#8217;. Can I seek advise on how to simulate assuming part 1 penetrates\/interferes with part 2 by 5-10 um.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I tried to apply -5 um offset under interface treatment of frictional contact ( offset only, no ramping option). However, the contact status shows a gap instead of penetration as shown below.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/25-01-2025-1737826975-mceclip2.png\" width=\"655\" height=\"124\" \/>&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-407044","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-mechanicalworkbench-1","topic-tag-adjust-to-touch","topic-tag-contact-target-1","topic-tag-contacts","topic-tag-frictional-contact","topic-tag-gap","topic-tag-interface-treatment-1","topic-tag-penetration"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["407044"],"_bbp_author_ip":["155.69.191.63"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["407859"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["407859"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-01-31 07:53:43"],"_bbp_reply_count":["12"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["444721","240"],"_btv_view_count":["797"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_subscription":["444721","240"],"_edit_last":["52629"],"_bbp_revision_log":["a:2:{i:407045;a:2:{s:6:\"author\";i:444721;s:6:\"reason\";s:0:\"\";}i:407163;a:2:{s:6:\"author\";i:52629;s:6:\"reason\";s:0:\"\";}}"]},"test":"715a65430e89556c77a12ec303574fe9025a38d4"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/407044","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/407044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407163,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/407044\/revisions\/407163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}