finish /clear /title,Contact Elements /prep7 ! Top Beam X1=0 Y1=15 L1=100 H1=10 !

Bottom Beam X2=50 Y2=0 L2=100 H2=10 ! Create Geometry blc4,X1,Y1,L1,H1 blc4,X2,Y2,L2,H2 ! define element type ET,1,plane42 keyopt,1,3,3 type,1 R, 1, 10 ! ! ! ! element type 1 plane stress w/thick activate element type 1 thickness 0.01

! define material properties MP,EX, 1, 200e3 MP,NUXY,1, 0.3 ! meshing esize,2 amesh,all ! set meshing size ! mesh area 1 ! Young's modulus ! Poisson's ratio

nsel,s,loc,x,X1 ! Constrain top beam nsel,r,loc,y,Y1,(Y1+H1) d,all,all nsel,all nsel,s,loc,x,(X2+L2) ! Constrain bottom beam nsel,r,loc,y,Y2,(Y2+H2) d,all,all nsel,all nsel,s,loc,x,(L1/2+X1) ! Apply load nsel,r,loc,y,(Y1+H1) f,all,fy,-10000 nsel,all ! /COM, CONTACT PAIR CREATION - START CM,_NODECM,NODE CM,_ELEMCM,ELEM CM,_KPCM,KP CM,_LINECM,LINE CM,_AREACM,AREA

CM,_VOLUCM,VOLU ! /GSAV,cwz,gsav,,temp MP,MU,1, MAT,1 MP,EMIS,1,7.88860905221e-031 R,3 REAL,3 ET,2,169 ET,3,172 R,3,,,1.0,0.1,0, RMORE,,,1.0E20,0.0,1.0, RMORE,0.0,0,1.0,,1.0,0.5 RMORE,0,1.0,1.0,0.0,,1.0 KEYOPT,3,3,0 KEYOPT,3,4,0 KEYOPT,3,5,0 KEYOPT,3,7,0 KEYOPT,3,8,0 KEYOPT,3,9,0 KEYOPT,3,10,2 KEYOPT,3,11,0 KEYOPT,3,12,0 KEYOPT,3,2,0 ! Generate the target surface LSEL,S,,,7 CM,_TARGET,LINE TYPE,2 NSLL,S,1 ESLN,S,0 ESURF CMSEL,S,_ELEMCM ! Generate the contact surface LSEL,S,,,1 CM,_CONTACT,LINE TYPE,3 NSLL,S,1 ESLN,S,0 ESURF ALLSEL ESEL,ALL ESEL,S,TYPE,,2 ESEL,A,TYPE,,3 ESEL,R,REAL,,3 ! /PSYMB,ESYS,1 ! /PNUM,TYPE,1 ! /NUM,1 ! EPLOT ESEL,ALL ESEL,S,TYPE,,2 ESEL,A,TYPE,,3 ESEL,R,REAL,,3 CMSEL,A,_NODECM CMDEL,_NODECM CMSEL,A,_ELEMCM CMDEL,_ELEMCM CMSEL,S,_KPCM CMDEL,_KPCM CMSEL,S,_LINECM CMDEL,_LINECM CMSEL,S,_AREACM

CMDEL,_AREACM CMSEL,S,_VOLUCM CMDEL,_VOLUCM ! /GRES,cwz,gsav CMDEL,_TARGET CMDEL,_CONTACT ! /COM, CONTACT PAIR CREATION - END FINISH /SOL NSUBST,100,1000,20 OUTRES,ERASE OUTRES,ALL,ALL AUTOTS,1 NEQIT,100 TIME,1 ANTYPE,0 NLGEOM,1 SOLVE /POST1 PLNSOL, S,EQV, 0,1.0