Reviewing Contact Forces
- Follow the previous steps (listed above in the Accessing Vector Results section) to access the vector results.
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Select the Contact Normal Force (v) for the Result type
in the panel:
Other contact force options include:
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- Contact Tangential Force (v)
- The vector sum of the normal and tangential
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Click the Apply button.
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Inspect the results in the graphics area.
By default the contact force results are displayed at each element (of the first body in the contact pair) in contact.
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To visualize force as a sum at a particular region of contact, turn on the
component Contact Region Output, by clicking on it in the
browser. Next, turn off all other components with labels starting with
Contact Graphics.
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Use the above mentioned steps to apply a display of the forces in the graphics
area.