ANSYS to ADAMS with Bonded Contact...

PJ
Patterson, James
Mon, Jul 18, 2022 3:14 PM

Good Morning,

I regularly use ANSYS (classic) to create a “flex body” for use in ADAMS when performing multibody dynamics simulations.  To date, these have essentially been single components.  Recently, I have an assembly that needs to act as a single flex body once in ANSYS.  I’ve been RTFM-ing but can’t seem to find much regarding the rules for contact in this type of model.  I believe the behavior of the contact will be unchanged from whatever it finds initially, which is fine as bonded together will be acceptable.

Can someone point me in the right direction?  Anybody else tried this?

Thanks,

Jim

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James J. Patterson, PhD.
Principal Vehicle Systems Engineer
Trailer Commercial Vehicle Systems
2070 Industrial Place S.E.  Canton, OH 44707
ph. 330 489 0095  |  fax 330 489 1961
jpatterson@hendrickson-intl.commailto:jpatterson@hendrickson-intl.com
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Good Morning, I regularly use ANSYS (classic) to create a “flex body” for use in ADAMS when performing multibody dynamics simulations. To date, these have essentially been single components. Recently, I have an assembly that needs to act as a single flex body once in ANSYS. I’ve been RTFM-ing but can’t seem to find much regarding the rules for contact in this type of model. I believe the behavior of the contact will be unchanged from whatever it finds initially, which is fine as bonded together will be acceptable. Can someone point me in the right direction? Anybody else tried this? Thanks, Jim [cid:image001.png@01D89A97.5B640390] James J. Patterson, PhD. Principal Vehicle Systems Engineer Trailer Commercial Vehicle Systems 2070 Industrial Place S.E. Canton, OH 44707 ph. 330 489 0095 | fax 330 489 1961 jpatterson@hendrickson-intl.com<mailto:jpatterson@hendrickson-intl.com> www.hendrickson-intl.com The contents of this message may be privileged and confidential. Therefore, if this message has been received in error, please delete it without reading it. Your receipt of this message is not intended to waive any applicable privilege. Please do not disseminate this message without the permission of the author.