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How to obtain different components of contact force?

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    • June 6, 2022 at 9:57 am
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      The file.cnd file has the contact force component data for each contact pair:
      Contacting AreaTotal contact force due to pressure -x componentTotal contact force due to pressure -y componentTotal contact force due to pressure -z componentTotal contact force due to tangential stress -x componentTotal contact force due to tangential stress -y componentTotal contact force due to tangential stress -z componentOne can use trackers to extract data.

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