{"id":434404,"date":"2025-06-17T16:23:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T16:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/node-to-surface-thermal-contact-issues\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T16:23:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T16:23:39","slug":"node-to-surface-thermal-contact-issues","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/node-to-surface-thermal-contact-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Node to Surface thermal contact issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;for SPG simulation is it not possible to set node to surface contact for coupled structural thermal anaylsis. the solver returns, that i have to set surface to surface contact in this case.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/dms\/prv\/image\/v2\/D4E06AQF4ObXmCgFEGQ\/messaging-image-720\/B4EZd.pNTiHsAY-\/0\/1750176422446?m=AQJn0zSrNvLpuAAAAZd-pwHddFh38qhdzsDapYUL9oZ9YG1Z2jwLBkUR_Q&amp;ne=1&amp;v=beta&amp;t=AkMbnxtLryIX3yOn6SXeR8WI65RtcPbzq8vn1osZxME\" alt=\"Previewing Image attachment\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;this is my contact set up, but when i change to surface to surface its takes off this error. but that is not the standard i know for node to surface contact set up like SPG.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/dms\/prv\/image\/v2\/D4E06AQF-KAYk-yD4yQ\/messaging-image-720\/B4EZd.p1b_HgAs-\/0\/1750176586012?m=AQI20-APcj0ufQAAAZd-qHVqStJuqaNh5r_K8KhYKb9TWG_byAcp_5R5KA&amp;ne=1&amp;v=beta&amp;t=INj8aG8Qc5ohPjbqXP0uP_STPOKohU5IEtjPoa0juNc\" alt=\"Previewing Image attachment\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;if anyone could guide.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-434404","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-workbench-ls-dyna","topic-tag-structural-and-thermal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27814"],"_bbp_topic_id":["434404"],"_bbp_subscription":["489791","13640","13468"],"_bbp_author_ip":["94.229.130.101"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["434436"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["434436"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-06-17 18:30:44"],"_bbp_reply_count":["4"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_engagement":["489791","13640","13468"],"_btv_view_count":["8642"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"emmanuel-taiwoc4carbides-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/434404","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\/434404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}