32.5. Contact Entities

Body Replacement from Rigid Body to Flexible Body

In the piston system, the user can replace the rigid body with the flexible body of a cylinder or a piston. In this Body replacement, the relationship to this body must be in the same way as before. This relationship indicates:

• How this body is connected to other bodies

• What joint or force is applied to this body

For the body replacement with the maintenance of this relationship, the body-swapping function is supported in RecurDyn/RFlex as Body Swapping.

Figure 32.183 Concept of swapping

• 32.5.1. Rigid To RFlex Contact
  • 32.5.1.1. Modeling Options
  • 32.5.1.2. Properties
• 32.5.2. RFlex To RFlex Contact
  • 32.5.2.1. Modeling Options
  • 32.5.2.2. Properties