1.

I have built a FEM model 2D plane strain

using ABAQUS/Standard (CPE4R)
elements,
2. I am modeling the contact between a
cylinder and a plate in 2D.
3. The Cylinder material is given is
ELASTIC ISOTROPIC material with no
plasticit E=310 GPa
4. The plate is with a Ramberg-Osgood
plasticity with a Young's modulus E=210
GPa.
5. The mesh at the the contact point is
VERY refined element characteristic length
is about 1 micron. (My model units
are (mm,N,sec)).
6. I validate my model with hertz contact
theory and it works well.
7. I try to validate with mindlin theory
(Pressure and shear), when I plot the
pressure profile at the contact zone I get a
well behaved curve. However, the Shear at
the contact zone is NOT well behaved, it
shows alot of fluctuations and noisy
response.
8. I tried to modify the mesh size at the
contact zone (increased in fact) but the
response is still the same.

P.S. if I remove PLASTICITY from the

model, it works fine both in NORMAL
pressure and IN SHEAR.
Question:
1. How can this be corrected ?
2. Is there a particular plastic model that I
should used (my material is a metal) ?
3. can CONTACT CONTROLS be used to
remedy this? if yes, how ?