Hi everyone, I want to know how to calculate the total contact pressure between two surfaces in ansys workbench. I have used the contact tool and found the maximum, minimum, and average values for contact pressure, but I want to calculate the total pressure. is there any way to find the total value?!
Edgar Stefano Thanks for your answer, but I think the average value is calculated by the number of elements, not the area.
Yes you're right.
I'm not sure what you need, it's (1) the force (P * A), (2) the sum of all the calculated pressures, or (3) the pressure across the entire surface.
If it is (1), you can calculate it directly with the force function
If it is (2), you can use calculate ave, count and finally find ave/count
If it is (3), you can use areaAve which calculates the area-weighted average
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