simulation bond between two areas

[Dmaz]

Hello everyone, is it possible to simulate in ansys the bond of bonding between two areas?
areas are shaped with shell elements with offset on the opposite side compared to the gluing surface.
the areas contain two volumes of material that should be glued, I can not make a single area as they are the skins of two different sandwiches!
Thank you.
dmaz

 

[stefano.garbin]

use a bonded contact.

 

[Dmaz]

is bounded contact only in ansys workbench or even in the classic one? Where do I find it in the classic?
I am using the classic and the areas are practically superimposed, I just have to tell him that he touches. .
Thank you!

 

[stefano.garbin]

bonded is obviously also in the classic.
in preprocessor environment, start the contact manager (the icon on the top left), select the contact and target surfaces and at a certain point arrive where the friction coefficient is inserted.
you put them 0 (any number is ok) and then click on optional settings.
see attached pictures, where standard text select bonded.

 

[Dmaz]

Thank you so much!
One last doubt.. is indifferent which area to specify as target and which as contact?

 

[stefano.garbin]

if the contact is symmetrical (almost all cases) is the same.
best practice: the target surface should be the stiffest of the two.