Figure 1 Liner Connector property page [Surface To Surface Contact]
•Output Reference Frame: The user can choose another desired Reference Marker.
•Contact Output File: If it is checked, the user can get specific output information file such as:
•Bodies’ position
•Orientation
•Contact position
•Normal force
•Friction force
The user can see the output file in your working folder where your model is in. The output file name is ‘Filename_ContactElementName.out’.
Figure 2 Properties of Surface Contact liner connector
Figure 3 Contact Characteristic dialog box [Surface To Surface Contact]
•Please refer to Type of Friction in below.
•Standard Friction
① Select Friction Coefficient in combo box.
② Click More and then enter values to define Coulomb Friction. For more information, click here.
Figure 4 Coulomb Friction dialog box
•Empirical Formula
① Select Empirical Formula in the combo box.
② Click More and enter the values to define Empirical Formula Friction. For more information, click here.
Figure 5 Empirical Formula Friction dialog box