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How to set up frictional heating calculation in Workbench LS-DYNA

Tagged: 19, Explicit - LS-DYNA, mechanical, structural-mechanics, Workbench LS-DYNA - ACT Ext
    • March 17, 2023 at 6:12 am
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      In Analysis Settings, user needs to set the Solver Type in Solver Controls to Coupled Structural Thermal Analysis and set the Thermal Analysis Type in Thermal Solver Control to Transient Analysis. User also needs to use Keyword Snippet to define the thermal contact *CONTACT_ERODING_SURFACE_TO_SURFACE_THERMAL between the parts that have frictional heating. The existing contact definition between these parts should be suppressed.

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