*HEADING : SIMPLE CONTACT, TUBE-TUBE INTERFACE WITH INTERNAL CONTACT [ITT31] *NODE 1,0.,0. 5,10.,0. 11,0.,0. 13,4.,0. *NGEN,NSET=OUT 1,5 *NGEN,NSET=IN 11,13 *ELEMENT,TYPE=B31 1,1,2 11,11,12 *ELGEN,ELSET=OUTER 1,4 *ELGEN,ELSET=INNER 11,2 *BEAM SECTION,SECT=PIPE,ELSET=OUTER,MATERIAL=STEEL .25,.05 *BEAM SECTION,SECT=PIPE,ELSET=INNER,MATERIAL=STEEL .18,.03 *ELSET,ELSET=BEAMS INNER,OUTER *MATERIAL,NAME=STEEL *ELASTIC 30E6,.3 *ELEMENT,TYPE=ITT31,ELSET=INTERFAC 21,12 22,13 *INTERFACE,ELSET=INTERFAC .02, *SLIDE LINE,ELSET=INTERFAC,TYPE=LINEAR 1,2,3,4,5 *BOUNDARY 1,1,6 11,1,6 ** *STEP,NLGEOM,INC=20 Step 1 - MOVE NODE 5 IN -Y DIRECTION *STATIC 0.5,1. *CONTROLS,PARAMETERS=FIELD 1.0E-6, *BOUNDARY 5,2,2,-1.0 *PRINT,CONTACT=YES *EL PRINT S, E, *NODE PRINT U, RF, *EL FILE,FREQ=5 S, E, *NODE FILE,FREQ=5 U, RF, *END STEP ** *STEP,NLGEOM,INC=20 Step 2 - MOVE NODE 5 IN +Z DIRECTION *STATIC .1,1. *BOUNDARY 5,3,3,2.0 *PRINT,CONTACT=YES *END STEP