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Surface

*Surface, Type =<surf type>, Name = <surface name>
<set name>, [<face number>]

This option defines a surface containing element edges or faces. Type =<surf type> specifies if the surface definition is node or element based:

  • Name=<surface name>: Set this parameter equal to the name of the surface. This parameter is mandatory.

  • Type = node: The <set name>has to be a predefined node set. The definition of a <face number> is not required

  • Type= element: The <set name> has to be a predefined element set. The definition of a <face number> is required. The face number has to be given as e.g. F4 or S4 in case the fourth element faces are assigned to the surface.

Both surface definitions can be used further in the definition of contact pairs (see *Interaction) or distributed surface loads *Dsload) .