13.2 User-defined frictional behavior for contact surfaces

Product: Abaqus/Explicit  

Benefits: A new subroutine allows the user to customize the shear transmission between contacting surfaces.

Description: User subroutine VFRICTION is used to specify frictional forces between contacting surfaces in an Abaqus/Explicit contact analysis with general contact. This option enables a more complex definition of shear transmission than the classical Coulomb friction model.

References:

Abaqus Analysis User's Manual

Abaqus Keywords Reference Manual

Abaqus User Subroutines Reference Manual