[GiDlist] Contact creation
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2002 10:53 am
Hi,
I'm trying to create a FEM mesh with GiD. I've got two volumes and I'd
like to duplicate the nodes at the interface (thus generating two meshes
with coincident surface mesh at the contact surface). In order to do it
I:
1) Duplicated the surfaces shared by the two bodies, using in 'copy'
command the options 'duplicate' and 'create contact'.
2) I defined the volumes of the two bodies using for each one different
surfaces.
3) I would like to mesh the bodies with quadratic tethraedra elements.
My questions are:
What is a 'contact volume'? I'm sorry, but reading the documentation
i've not be able to figure out what could it be. I read that this volume
can be meshed only with linear elements. Do normal volumes defined using
at least one surface with contact flag automatically become a contact
volume? I read also that it is possible not to mesh contact volumes. How
do I achieve this? I found no commands about contact meshes.
Thanks.
--
Arturo di Gioia
Address:
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Strutturale
Universita' degli Studi di Trento
v. Mesiano 77
38100 Trento
ITALY
tel (office) : +39 0461882525
tel (personal): +39 3489118982
web:
http://www.ing.unitn.it/~digioia/
PGP public key:
http://www.ing.unitn.it/~digioia/files/adg_gpg_pub.asc
I'm trying to create a FEM mesh with GiD. I've got two volumes and I'd
like to duplicate the nodes at the interface (thus generating two meshes
with coincident surface mesh at the contact surface). In order to do it
I:
1) Duplicated the surfaces shared by the two bodies, using in 'copy'
command the options 'duplicate' and 'create contact'.
2) I defined the volumes of the two bodies using for each one different
surfaces.
3) I would like to mesh the bodies with quadratic tethraedra elements.
My questions are:
What is a 'contact volume'? I'm sorry, but reading the documentation
i've not be able to figure out what could it be. I read that this volume
can be meshed only with linear elements. Do normal volumes defined using
at least one surface with contact flag automatically become a contact
volume? I read also that it is possible not to mesh contact volumes. How
do I achieve this? I found no commands about contact meshes.
Thanks.
--
Arturo di Gioia
Address:
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Strutturale
Universita' degli Studi di Trento
v. Mesiano 77
38100 Trento
ITALY
tel (office) : +39 0461882525
tel (personal): +39 3489118982
web:
http://www.ing.unitn.it/~digioia/
PGP public key:
http://www.ing.unitn.it/~digioia/files/adg_gpg_pub.asc