This is the base class for contact interfaces. More...

Inheritance diagram for FEContactInterface:

Public Member Functions
	FEContactInterface (FEModel *pfem)
	constructor
virtual	~FEContactInterface ()
	destructor
int	Type ()
	return the type of this interface
virtual void	Serialize (DumpFile &ar)
	serialize data to archive
virtual bool	Init ()=0
	initialization routine
virtual void	Update ()=0
	update
virtual void	ShallowCopy (FEContactInterface &ci)=0
	Create a shallow copy.
virtual void	ContactForces (vector< double > &F)=0
	calculate contact forces
virtual void	ContactStiffness ()=0
	calculate contact stiffness
virtual bool	Augment (int naug)=0
	calculate Lagrangian augmentations
Data Fields
bool	m_blaugon
	augmented lagrangian flag
Protected Member Functions
	FEContactInterface ()
	don't call the default constructor
double	AutoPenalty (FESurfaceElement &el, FESurface &s)
	auto-penalty calculation
Protected Attributes
FEModel *	m_pfem
	FEModel class this interface belongs to.
int	m_ntype
	type of interface
int	m_nID
	ID of interface.

Detailed Description

This is the base class for contact interfaces.

Member Function Documentation

double FEContactInterface::AutoPenalty	(	FESurfaceElement &	el,
		FESurface &	s
	)		`[protected]`

auto-penalty calculation

This function calculates a contact penalty parameter based on the material and geometrical properties of the slave and master surfaces

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