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Problem Specification
1. Start-up and preliminary set-up
2. Specify element type and constants
3. Specify material properties
4. Specify geometry
5. Mesh geometry
6. Specify boundary conditions
7. Solve
8. Postprocess the results
9. Validate the results

Step 5: Mesh geometry

We'll start by meshing the upper and lower disks using SOLID92 elements . Then, we'll mesh the target and contact surfaces using TARGE170 elements and CONT175 elements respectively.

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In the Select Entities menu, make sure Nodes is selected in the pull-down menu at the top and select By Location below that. Select Y coordinates below that and enter -2,0.5 as the Min,Max. Then select Reselect below that since we want to select a subset of the already selected nodes. Click OK.

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In the Select Entities menu, make sure Nodes is selected in the pull-down menu at the top and select By Location below that. Select Y coordinates below that and enter -0.5,1.5 as the Min,Max. Then select Reselect below that since we want to select a subset of the already selected nodes. Click OK.

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Save Your Work

Toolbar > SAVE_DB

Go to Step 6: Specify boundary conditions