Harder material - target // softer material - contact

Flatter face - target // smaller radius of curvature face- contact

Convex surface - contact // concave or flat - target

One surface has finer mesh - contact surface // coarse mesh - taget

One surface stiffer - target // other one - contact

One surface larger than other - target // other one - contact

High order elements underlying one surface - target // low order elemnts underlying one surface -
contact

A pipe or beam sliding into another - inner surface - contact // other one - target