{"id":170649,"date":"2023-06-05T07:04:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T07:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-bond-two-shell-parts-with-gaps-in-ansys-mechanical\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:33:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:33:30","slug":"how-to-bond-two-shell-parts-with-gaps-in-ansys-mechanical","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-bond-two-shell-parts-with-gaps-in-ansys-mechanical\/","title":{"rendered":"How to bond two shell parts with gaps in ANSYS Mechanical?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To bond two shell parts with gap, use a &#8220;Maximum Offset&#8221; for the bonded contact larger than the gap.   From Tree Outline, find the Contact, in \u201cDetails of the Contact\u201d, set a &#8220;Maximum Offset&#8221; value for \u201cDefinition\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-170649","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-general","topic-tag-mechanical","topic-tag-structural-mechanics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2\/6\/2023 20:20"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_author_ip":["209.182.204.162"],"_btv_view_count":["3101"],"siebel_km_number":["2044556"],"product_version":[""],"km_published_date":["2016-11-03T00:00:00.000Z"],"family":["Structural Mechanics"],"application_name":["Mechanical"]},"test":"articlesansys-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/170649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/170649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}