| General | A plate is applied load and bent. |
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| Analysis Model | A resin plate is squeezed by a metal body to form a U-shape. A symmetric quarter model is created for analysis in three steps as follows. Step 1: The load is applied to the resin plate. The metal body is in a [death] state. Step 2: The metal body is born. The load is gradually removed from the resin body and they contact each other. Step 3: The metal body is moved to reduce the radius of curvature of the resin body. |
| Result | The graph of reactive force of the metal body shows the transition of contact force at step 2 and step 3. At step 2, the contact force shows a linear transition. At step 3, the transition is non-linear. This means the relationship between the radius of curvature and the contact force is not linear. |
| Keywords | Contact Pressure,Bending,Load,Contact Analysis,Birth,Death,U-Bending |
