11.6 Enhancements to edge-to-edge contact tracking in Abaqus/Explicit

Product: Abaqus/Explicit  

Benefits: Most analyses for which edge-to-edge contact is activated will benefit from a faster performing, more robust edge-to-edge tracking algorithm.

Description: In the past release of Abaqus, a new, optional edge-to-edge contact tracking algorithm was introduced. In the current release, further performance and robustness improvements to the algorithm were implemented.

References:

Abaqus Analysis User's Manual

Abaqus Keywords Reference Manual