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3.13.4 Rigid Wall Interfaces
A rigid wall interface is similar to a sliding interface, except that the secondary surface is a rigid wall. The following properties are defined for rigid wall interfaces:
Parameter | Description | Default |
laugon | Augmented Lagrangian flag | 0 (false) |
tolerance | augmentation tolerance | 0.01 |
penalty | penalty factor | 1.0 |
plane | the plane equation for the rigid wall | N/A |
offset | the normal offset of the plane defined by the plane parameter | 0.0 |
The plane property defines the reference plane for the rigid wall. Its value is an array of four values: . The actual plane is defined by specifying the offset to the reference plane. The offset parameter takes a loadcurve as an optional attribute to define the motion of the plane as a function of time. The loadcurve defines the offset from the initial position in the direction of the plane normal: So, for example, a rigid wall that initially lies in the xy-coordinate plane and moves in the z-direction would be specified as follows:
<plane>0,0,1,0</plane> <offset lc="1">1.0</offset>