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*MODEL CHANGE
Keyword type: step
With this option one can activate or deactivate contact between two surfaces. Contact must have been defined between these surfaces using a *CONTACT PAIR card before the first step. There is one required parameter TYPE=CONTACT PAIR and there are two mutually exclusive parameters ADD and REMOVE.
First line:
- *MODEL CHANGE
- enter the required parameter TYPE=CONTACT PAIR and one of the mutually exclusive parameters ADD and REMOVE.
Following line:
- Name of the slave surface (can be nodal or element face based).
- Name of the master surface (must be based on element faces).
Example: *MODEL CHANGE,TYPE=CONTACT PAIR,REMOVE dep,ind
deactivates contact between the surfaces dep and ind.
Example files:
guido dhondt 2011-03-26