3.1.10.80. BeamContact2D Element

This command constructs a two-dimensional beam-to-surface contact element. A beam segment (nodes i-j) contacts a secondary node through a Lagrange multiplier node. Use with -ndm 2.

element BeamContact2D $eleTag $iNode $jNode $secondaryNode $lambdaNode $matTag $width $gapTol $forceTol <$cSwitch>

Argument	Type	Description
$eleTag	integer	unique element tag
$iNode $jNode	integer	beam end nodes
$secondaryNode	integer	secondary (contact) node
$lambdaNode	integer	Lagrange multiplier node
$matTag	integer	tag of a contact ND material
$width	float	beam width used in contact geometry
$gapTol	float	gap tolerance for contact detection
$forceTol	float	force tolerance for contact equilibrium
$cSwitch	integer	optional initial contact flag

Note

A penalty variant is available as BeamContact2Dp.

Example

1. Tcl Code

element BeamContact2D 1 1 2 10 11 1 0.5 1.0e-6 1.0e-6

2. Python Code

element('BeamContact2D', 1, 1, 2, 10, 11, 1, 0.5, 1.0e-6, 1.0e-6)

Code developed by: Chris McGann, Pedro Arduino, and Peter Mackenzie-Helnwein, University of Washington