How can I get the Contact detail types by using DPF.?

Naveen Kumar Begari

I need to get the contact detail (types) by reading the result file only using DPF

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

This was also asked here: https://github.com/ansys/pydpf-post/discussions/588

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

Hi @Naveen Kumar Begari , what do you mean exactly by contact types? The APDL ETYPE?

Naveen Kumar Begari

Hi @Pernelle Marone-Hitz.

I need to get the contact details like contact pressure, contact force, contact stress etc through DPF.

Not about APDL ETYPE.

Naveen Kumar Begari

@Pernelle Marone-Hitz said:
This was also asked here: https://github.com/ansys/pydpf-post/discussions/588

Yes @Pernelle Marone-Hitz, I did it

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

One way to go is to grab the SMISC/NMISC values of the APDL elements. There are some examples here:
https://discuss.ansys.com/discussion/comment/3501#Comment_3501?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=contact+dpf
https://discuss.ansys.com/discussion/comment/2579#Comment_2579?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=contact+dpf
https://discuss.ansys.com/discussion/comment/2575#Comment_2575?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=contact+dpf

Naveen Kumar Begari

Thanks @Pernelle Marone-Hitz