If your model contains Contact Regions, you can define the contact results as listed below under the Connections object or the Solution object by inserting a Contact Tool. See the Reviewing the Results section of the Mechanical APDLContact Technology Guide for additional information.
Thermal Flux: available only for evaluating contact conditions after solution. This data represents the total heat flux at the contact surface.
Status: status codes include:
: MPC bonded contact.
: MPC no-separation contact.
: open and not near contact.
: open but near contact.
: closed and sliding.
: closed and sticking.
The labels Far, Near, Sliding, and Sticking are included in the legend for Status.
Note:
MPC-based contact definitions use negative values. They indicate the intentional removal of one or more contact constraints to prevent over-constraint.
Contact that has been deactivated via Auto Asymmetric behavior will be displayed with a status of Far-Open. Results for deactivated pairs can be suppressed in the Contact Tool by changing Both to either Contact or Target as necessary.
Please review the descriptions, restrictions, and caveats for contact results and displays that are included in the Contact Results section under Structural Results.