If a pressure is applied to a free surface that comes into contact,
does the pressure remain active in ANSYS LS-DYNA?


Yes. Please see the ANSYS LS-DYNA 10.0 example below (and
attached as well) that demonstrates this behavior.


! = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

fini
/clear

/title, Check Effect of Pressure on Surfaces in Contact

/plopts,info,1
/view,,1,2,3
/pnum,type,1
/num,1

/prep7
et,1,SOLID164
r,1
mp,ex,1,30.0e6 ! psi
mp,prxy,1,0.30 ! unitless
mp,dens,1,0.007 ! lbf-sec^2/in^4 (10 X true density)
edmp,rigid,1,7,7 ! fixed rigid base ...

et,2,SOLID164
r,2
mp,ex,2,30.0e6 ! psi
mp,prxy,2,0.30 ! unitless
mp,dens,2,0.007 ! lbf-sec^2/in^4 (10 X true density)
edmp,hgls,2,5

et,3,SOLID164
r,3
mp,ex,3,30.0e6 ! psi
mp,prxy,3,0.30 ! unitless
mp,dens,3,0.007 ! lbf-sec^2/in^4 (10 X true density)
edmp,hgls,3,5

block,0,100,0,10,0,60
block,20,40,10,30,20,40
block,60,80,10,30,20,40

esize,,1
*do,ii,1,3,1
/gopr
*if,ii,ne,1,then
esize,5.0
*endif
vsel,s,volu,,ii
mat,ii
type,ii
real,ii
vmesh,ii
allsel,below,volu
cm,nblock%ii%,node
cm,eblock%ii%,elem
*enddo

allsel,all
edpart,create
eddamp,all,,0.01
eddamp,2,,1.0e-4
eddamp,3,,1.0e-4

edcgen,ag
eplot
fini

/solu
nsel,s,loc,x,20
nsel,a,loc,x,60
d,all,ux,0.0
nsel,s,loc,z,20
d,all,uz,0.0

cmsel,s,nblock3
nsel,r,loc,y,10
cm,ncont,node
esln
cm,econt,elem

nsel,s,loc,y,30
cm,nmove,node
nsel,all
esel,all

*dim,etime,,2
etime(1)=0.0,0.101
*dim,ydisp,,2
ydisp(1)=0.0,-0.5
*dim,epres,,2
epres(1)=0.0,1.0e5

edload,add,uy,,nmove,etime(1),ydisp(1)

/psf,pres,norm,2
edload,add,press,2,econt,etime(1),epres(1)

time,0.10
edrst,50
edhtime,100
edhist,nblock2
edhist,nblock3
edenergy,1,1,1,1
edout,glstat

solve
save
fini

/post26
numvar,200
file,,his
cmsel,u,nblock1
cmsel,u,eblock1
ntrack2=node(30,10,30)
ntrack3=node(70,10,30)
nsol,2,ntrack2,u,y,n2_uy
nsol,3,ntrack3,u,y,n3_uy
store,merge
plvar,2,3
/wait,2
fini

/post1
set,last
/edge,,1
/dscale,,1
plnsol,s,y,2




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