{"id":41953,"date":"2020-03-20T16:49:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T16:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/archards-wear-in-ansys-mechanical\/"},"modified":"2020-03-20T16:49:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T16:49:47","slug":"archards-wear-in-ansys-mechanical","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/archards-wear-in-ansys-mechanical\/","title":{"rendered":"Archards Wear in ANSYS Mechanical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m attempting to simulate wear using the Archard&#8217;s wear model built into ANSYS. I have activated the wear model through inserting an APDL command into the contact between my two components as shown:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>K=0.000117<br \/>H=480 &nbsp; !hardness, MPa<br \/>m=1 &nbsp; !exponent on contact pressure<br \/>n=0 &nbsp; !exponent on relative pressure velocity<br \/>!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>TB,WEAR,cid,,,ARCD<br \/>TBFIELD,TIME,0<br \/>TBDATA,1,0,H,n,m<br \/>TBFIELD,TIME,2<br \/>TBDATA,1,0,H,n,m<br \/>TBFIELD,TIME,2.01<br \/>TBDATA,1,K,H,n,m<br \/>TBFIELD,TIME,20<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>My problem is that if I run the model with and without this command, the deformation plotted stays the same. Does anyone have any ideas as to what the problem could be?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-41953","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["14133"],"_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":["1343"],"_bbp_subscription":["245224"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["41953"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["170869","250635","254230"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["232584"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["232584"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2022-04-22 16:24:45"]},"test":"jakehaley9"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/41953","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\/41953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}