59.25 ContactArea object

A ContactArea object specifies a suboption of gasket thickness behavior when variableUnits=FORCE on the GasketThicknessBehavior object. The ContactArea object defines the contact area or contact width versus closure curves to output an average pressure through variable CS11.

Access

materialApi.materials()[name].gasketThicknessBehavior().contactArea()

59.25.1 ContactArea(...)

This method creates a ContactArea object.

Path

materialApi.materials()[name].gasketThicknessBehavior().ContactArea

Prototype

odb_ContactArea&
ContactArea(const odb_SequenceSequenceDouble& table,
            bool temperatureDependency,
            int dependencies);

Required argument

table

An odb_SequenceSequenceDouble specifying the items described below.

Optional arguments

temperatureDependency

A Boolean specifying whether contact area data depend on temperature. The default value is false.

dependencies

An Int specifying the number of field variable dependencies included in the definition of the contact area data, in addition to temperature. The default value is 0.

Table data

Contact area or width; this value must be positive.
Closure; this value must be positive.
Temperature, if the data depend on temperature.
Value of the first field variable, if the data depend on field variables.
Value of the second field variable.
Etc.

Return value

A ContactArea object.

Exceptions

None.

59.25.2 Members

The ContactArea object has members with the same names and descriptions as the arguments to the ContactArea method.

59.25.3 Corresponding analysis keywords

*GASKET CONTACT AREA