Contact failure (penetration)

- November 22, 2019 at 1:41 am
  
  davidk8
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  To simulate a contact simulation, am I supposed to have the two solid bodies contacted from the model? Or should I leave a gap between them and insert or apply displacement or force to the contact body?
  
  I tried to leave some space between them and set up a contact relationship, but somehow in the result the contact body penetrated through the target body.
  
  Also, what is the meaning of 'protected' in manual contact region in contacts?
- November 22, 2019 at 2:36 am
  
  peteroznewman
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  In CAD, put the two bodies in contact. Don't leave any space. Make the surfaces tangent.

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