{"id":456622,"date":"2026-04-17T16:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/averaging-procedure-in-contact-gap-results\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:06:16","slug":"averaging-procedure-in-contact-gap-results","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/averaging-procedure-in-contact-gap-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Averaging Procedure in Contact Gap Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;What formula or averaging procedure is used in the contact gap results in the Results parameters section where it says: minimum, maximum, average (see image below)? I am using Ansys Mechanical 2025 R1.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For example, is it a contact-area-weighted average &#8211; so the formula for computing the average would be: sum(gap_i * Area_i)\/sum(Area_i) where i is a contact element?&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/17-04-2026-1776441823-mceclip1.png\" width=\"275\" height=\"250\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-456622","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-mechanical","topic-tag-contact-tool-results-1","topic-tag-output-parameter-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["456622"],"_bbp_subscription":["524891"],"_bbp_author_ip":["45.25.36.31"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["0"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["456622"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-04-17 16:06:16"],"_bbp_reply_count":["0"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["1"],"_bbp_engagement":["524891"],"_btv_view_count":["30"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"awbrandtsmu-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/456622","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\/456622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}