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*GAP HEAT GENERATION
Introduce heat generation due to energy dissipation at the interface.

This option is used to modify the default gap heat generation model used to dissipate energy created by nonthermal surface interactions, such as frictional sliding or electric currents. The default is to convert all of the dissipated energy to heat and to distribute it evenly between the two interacting surfaces.

The *GAP HEAT GENERATION option must be used in conjunction with the *SURFACE INTERACTION option or in an Abaqus/Standard analysis with the *GAP option.

Products: Abaqus/Standard  Abaqus/Explicit  Abaqus/CAE  

Type: Model data in Abaqus/Standard; History data in Abaqus/Explicit

Level: Part,  Part instance,  Assembly,  Model in Abaqus/Standard; Step in Abaqus/Explicit  

Abaqus/CAE: Interaction module

References:
There are no parameters associated with this option.

Data line to define the gap heat generation: 

First (and only) line:

  1. , fraction of dissipated energy converted into heat, including any unit conversion factor. The default value is 1.0.

  2. f, weighting factor for the distribution of heat between the interacting surfaces. The heat flux into the slave surface is weighted by f, and the heat flux into the master surface is weighted by 1 – f. By default, the heat is distributed equally between the two surfaces, .