Contact Stress

protontim

Is there a good way to model contact stress between a shaft and a slightly larger hole? I need the stress/contact area to spread as the piece with the hole in it deforms around the shaft when loaded. Thanks. P.S. I like the sliders on the V3 graphic display - very convenient.

Victor

Mecway doesn't have a special contact stress feature so the regular stresses might not be a good approximation without a very fine mesh.

It also doesn't have contact which can be initially open then close as the part deforms.

I would suggest using the CalculiX solver for contact problems.