A Cylinder To Surface Contact generates a force between a cylinder and surface. The base surface has a RM and many points. The action cylinder has a RM and its radius and length. The base curve is parameterized from many points and creates a contact curve fitted on a cubic spline.
•The cylinder and surface must belong to two different bodies.
•The contact force can be generated with not only linear or exponential but also nonlinear spline characteristics to the contact penetration and its velocity.
•The base surface is approximated as multi triangular patches as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Cylinder and surface
Figure 2 Cyl-Sur icon of the Contact group in the Professional tab