What are the contact properties while modeling a RC slab subjected to impact in ABAQUS?

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What will be the contact properties for embedding steel reinforcement into concrete, and what will be the contact properties for the impact ball and RC slab while modeling in ABAQUS?

Imrose Bin Muhit

Concerning the interaction between impact ball and reinforced concrete slab general contact is used including all the inner surfaces of the concrete slab (ABAQUS commands: *CONTACT and *CONTACT INCLUSIONS

*CONTACT

*CONTACT INCLUSIONS

AllSurf

*ADAPTIVE MESH, ELSET=Eadap_Concrete

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