Hi,
I am fairly new to abaqus. I am trying to simulate heat generation due to contact between two surfaces. I would like to properly understand what is the difference between Kinematic and Penalty contact methods. And how these methods are decided for different situations.
the critical time increment is unaffected by kinematic contact but can be affected by penalty contact. The penalty method allows modeling of contact between two rigid surfaces.
https://www.scribd.com/doc/74662319/Penalty-vs-Kinematic
In the kinematic contact algorithm, the corrector contact algorithm is used to strictly enforce contact constraints, and no penetrations are allowed. On the other hand, the penalty contact algorithm has a weaker enforcement of contact constraints but allows for treatment of more general types of contact.
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