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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 8: Postprocess the Results

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Nodes 7 and 10 are attached to the upper area of the upper disk. From the list above we can see that the displacement of these nodes is the same and has a value of -0.2525e-01. Recall that the geometry was specified in mm. As a result, the displacement has units of mm. Therefore, the approach or total distance through which the two bodies move towards each other is 0.0252 mm.

Go to Step 9: Validate the results