The properties dialog box of the Sheet To Sheet Contact has two tabs.
Figure 1 Sheet To Sheet Contact property page
•Definition of The Base Sheet
•Entity Name: Selects the base sheet.
•Definition of The Action Sheet
•Entity Name: Selects the action sheet.
•Contact Parameter: Allows the user to modify contact parameters by clicking Sheet To Sheet. In this dialog box, the user can modify the contact parameters of contact forces applied between sheets. Refer to the Contact Formulus for MTT2D.
Figure 2 Contact Parameter dialog box
•No. of Max Contact Points: Defines the number of max contact point for output. User can define this value from 1 to 5000. This value only affects Force Display and RPLT data about the contact points. The default value is 10.
•Force Display: Graphically displays the all contact force vectors (the sum of the normal and tangential contact force) at each contact point up to the “No. of Max Contact Point”.
Note
“Penetration Parameter” is not applied in “Sheet to Sheet contact”. Because, a contacted edge and the contact normal direction on their contacted sheet segments is automatically changed in the contact algorithm for the base/action sheet respectively. And the maximum penetration depth is always defined as 1/2*(Thickness of action sheet + Thickness of base sheet).