Abaqus Interactions Guide

The Abaqus Interactions Guide discusses the contact and interaction models available in Abaqus.

This guide is a part of the Abaqus® documentation collection, which describes all the capabilities of the Abaqus finite element analysis technology used in SIMULIA® applications.

Abaqus provides more than one approach for defining contact. Abaqus/Standard includes the following approaches for defining contact:

  • general contact;

  • contact pairs; and

  • contact elements.

Abaqus/Explicit includes the following approaches for defining contact:

  • general contact; and

  • contact pairs.

Each approach has somewhat unique advantages and limitations.