Hi everyone,
Having some issues here:
I am displacing a sphere into a flat rubber surface using NL Static simulation. I am trying to determine the vertical reaction force of the rubber surface due to it being displaced. For this, I need to determine the contact area of the two parts when displaced, and just the average vertical stress for that contact area.
I can't get the measuring tool to measure the diameter of the contact area from the deformed shape, and I'm not sure how to determine the average stress of a particular area.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Glenn
Hi Glenn,
If you click on a surface SolidWorks Simulation will give you the contact force (resultant and components). Just right click on the results folder and choose list result forces). If you create a stress plot you can choose to plot contact pressure, which will give you an idea of contact are.
Estimating it is quite tricky: here's a post from my blog that shows how: http://solidworkseducation.blogspot.it/2012/04/determinazione-dellarea-di-contatto-tra.html?m=1
Cheers,
Alex
www.solidworksacademy.blogspot.com