Hello dear Dlubal team,
I have a question regarding the properties of surface contacts and contact volumes to which I could not find a direct answer in the manual.
I want to model the contact between a plate of a plate joint and a wooden dowel similar to Two-part wooden connection with spruce wooden dowel.
If I have a gap of 5 mm between two volume bodies and model the contact with a surface contact that fails under tension, does the force transfer only begin when this 5 mm gap is overcome by deformations?
If I alternatively fill this 5 mm gap with a contact volume with the same material properties as those of the volume bodies, does the force transfer occur immediately without first requiring 5 mm of deformation?
I would appreciate a quick, brief response!
Best regards
Baustudi