Chapter 42: Wire Crimping Modeled with General Contact

This example problem demonstrates the ease of contact modeling via the general contact method. The method offers automated contact creation and requires minimal input. It is especially useful when a large number of contacting surfaces are involved in the model and the geometry makes it difficult to determine contact pairs.

The following features and capabilities are highlighted:

Automatic generation of general contact elements
Contact-property definitions
Rigid-flexible and flexible-flexible contact modeled by general contact, including surface-to-surface and edge-to-surface contact configurations

The following topics are available:

42.1. Introduction
42.2. Problem Description
42.3. Modeling
42.4. Material Properties
42.5. Boundary Conditions and Loading
42.6. Analysis and Solution Controls
42.7. Results and Discussion
42.8. Recommendations
42.9. Input Files

You can also perform this example analysis entirely in the Ansys Mechanical Application. For more information, see Wire Crimping Modeled with General Contact in the Mechanical Technology Showcase: Example Problems.