The bar is modeled with a 3-D coarse mesh using 3-D SOLID186 elements.
Frictionless contact between the rigid wall and the end of the bar is modeled, with Bar on Contact side and Wall on Target side.
The contact elements have the following settings:
Three impact scenarios are examined. Each of these scenarios requires its own finite-element model and its own output of results of interest, hence three different models are used in the WBPZ.
The bar and plate both are modeled as a rigid body.
The bar is modeled as a flexible body with linear elastic material properties.
The bar is modeled as a flexible body with elastoplastic material properties.