Author: Vicente Mataix Ferrándiz
Kratos version: Current head
Source files: Hertz
Two meshes are avalaible, a fine mesh as well as a coarser one.
In this test case, we will consider the contact between a demi-sphere and a rigid plane, what is known as Hertz benchmark test. The reference solutions have been taken from the analytical solution of Hertz's work that can be found in the reference section.
The following applications of Kratos are used:
- StructuralMechanicsApplication
- ContactStructuralMechanicsApplication
The problem geometry as well as the boundary conditions are sketched below.
We consider the a sphere of 12.2474 meters of diameter with a load of 5.0e5 Pa.
The structure characteristic parameters are for the sphere (the plane is rigid):
- Elastic modulus (E): 1.0E+08 Pa
- Poisson ratio (ν): 0.29
The calculation is done in just one static step.
The problem stated above has been solved using an structured mesh of hexahedron. The resulting deformation can be seen in the following image.
As well as the comparation with the reference solution. For the displacement we got a very good agreement with the analytical solution in both cases, in the case of the contact preassure we got a better approach in the finer case.
