Normalize penalty contact parameter by nodal area #3532
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A defect affecting operation with a low possibility of significantly affects.
T: task
An enhancement to the software.
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Adds penalty and kinematic dirac contact tests for this feature. The tests include contact release.
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Adds penalty and kinematic dirac contact tests for this feature. The tests include contact release.
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Add option to normalize penalty based on area Ref #3532.
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When using the penalty enforcement option, the penalty force is simply the contact penetration times the penalty stiffness. For the same geometry but a more/less refined mesh, the contact force will vary, leading to different solutions. The fix is to normalize the penalty parameter by the nodal area. I'll work on this.
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