Workshop 5C

Archard Wear
16.0 Release

ANSYS Mechanical
Advanced Connections
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Goal
• Implement Archard wear model using APDL to simulate material loss
at frictional contact interface under large sliding

Model Description
• 2D Plane Stress of two parts engaged in large linear sliding
• Frictional contact between parts, mu=0.20
• Material: Linear Elastic with E=70000psi

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Model Description (con’t)

• Loading:
– LS1: Resolve 0.005inch interference fit
– LS2: pseudo velocity on upper block, 3 in/sec sliding in + X direction
– LS3: pseudo velocity on upper block, 7 in/sec sliding in + X direction

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Steps to Follow:
Restore Archive… browse for file “WS5c_wear.wbpz”

Save as
• File name: “WS5c_wear”
• Save as type: Workbench Project Files (*.wbpj)

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Double click (or RMB=>Edit…) on the Model Cell to open a Mechanical Session

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Expanding the project tree and becoming familiar with the model details
and set up.

Verify Units are US Customary (in, lbm,…)

Highlight the existing contact region (default bonded) and make the
following changes to enable sliding with friction.

• Friction coefficient = 0.2

• Force Asymmetric behavior to ensure that contact is on the top surface only.

• Turn Trim contact off to ensure that the target elements are meshed across the
entire sliding surface

• Detection Method: Nodal detection is not necessary for conventional sliding,

but it will be mandatory when Archard Wear model is introduced.

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Highlight the Analysis Settings

• Accept Auto Time Stepping “Program Controlled”
– Note the end times already defined for pseudo velocities
• Set Newton-Raphson Option to “Unsymmetric”
– Recommended for robustness in large frictional sliding problems

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Executer the Solve

• Solution converges relatively easily.

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Post Process results:
Notice especially the constant contact pressure vs time. Pressure would be constant if no wear is
present.

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Return to the Project Page

• Duplicate the “No wear” Analysis Template and rename it “Wear”

• Open the Model Cell of the newly created Wear Analysis Template
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Highlight the Frictional Contact Pair

• RMB Insert a Command Object beneath this contact pair
• Insert the commands to define an Archard Wear model
─ For convenience, commands with sample wear properties are saved to text file “WS5c-wear.inp” in the
working directory

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Execute Solve
• LS3 takes almost twice as many iterations to solve, but still convergences easily.

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Post Process results as before
Notice the degradation of surface pressure indicative of the wear model.

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