Steady-state transport analysis

Abaqus/Standard provides a specialized analysis capability to model the steady-state behavior of a cylindrical deformable body rolling along a flat rigid surface. The capability uses a reference frame that removes the explicit time dependence from the problem so that a purely spatially dependent analysis can be performed.

For an axisymmetric body traveling at a constant ground velocity and constant angular rolling velocity, a steady state is possible in a frame that moves at the speed of the ground velocity but does not spin with the body in the rolling motion. This choice of reference frame allows the finite element mesh to remain stationary so that only the part of the body in the contact zone requires fine meshing.

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