Ivar KJELBERG
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                                2 decades ago                            
                            
                                2010/08/20 1:50 GMT-4                            
                        
                        
                                                    Hi
your methodoly is quite OK from my point of view, I would only add:
after importing the CAD model, group the items with a "union" or "composite" so that you define only contact surfaces, set the "finish" to assembly.
Note keep these "contact surfaces rather small, i.e if you have a large plate and the contact is potentially only in one corner, split the surface so the source and destination areas are roughly +/-2-3x the same size to keep the model simpler
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Ivar                                                
                                                
                            Hi
your methodoly is quite OK from my point of view, I would only add:
after importing the CAD model, group the items with a "union" or "composite" so that you define only contact surfaces, set the "finish" to assembly.
Note keep these "contact surfaces rather small, i.e if you have a large plate and the contact is potentially only in one corner, split the surface so the source and destination areas are roughly +/-2-3x the same size to keep the model simpler
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Good luck
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                                2 decades ago                            
                            
                                2010/08/21 15:17 GMT-4                            
                        
                        
                                                    thank you, i know that
my question is how to input the damper and the spring in the numérical model on comsol?
thanks in advance                                                
                                                
                            thank you, i know that
my question is how to input the damper and the spring in the numérical model on comsol?
thanks in advance                        
                                                
                                                                                                            
                                             
                        
                        
                            
                                                                                        
                                Ivar KJELBERG
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                                2 decades ago                            
                            
                                2010/08/22 13:56 GMT-4                            
                        
                        
                                                    Hi
What about using a -k*(U1-U2) where k is the spring constant and U1, U2 the average displacement "u" or "v" or whatever adequate combination with the surface normal of the regions you link (via an integration coupling variable). For the damping it's something like -d*(Ut1-Ut2) pls check carefully the signs (I might have them wring. Here Ut1, Ut2 are the average (via integration coupling variables) of ut or "vt" or whatever ... 
Basically it's writing out the physics, no ? That's all what COMSOL is about (for me;)
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Ivar                                                
                                                
                            Hi
What about using a -k*(U1-U2) where k is the spring constant and U1, U2 the average displacement "u" or "v" or whatever adequate combination with the surface normal of the regions you link (via an integration coupling variable). For the damping it's something like -d*(Ut1-Ut2) pls check carefully the signs (I might have them wring. Here Ut1, Ut2 are the average (via integration coupling variables) of ut or "vt" or whatever ... 
Basically it's writing out the physics, no ? That's all what COMSOL is about (for me;)
--
Good luck
Ivar