When using General Contact in a Shell Model to simulate self contact of the surfaces Abaqus automatically scales down the contact thicknesses of my shells. I know from the manual that i can exclude faces from the General Contact domain and thus thes do not get reduced. But is there any way i can force abaqus to not reduce the thicknesses and initiate contact with the initial shell thickness? I also need contact on both sides of the shell. Maybe someone can clarify or guide me to the right chapter in the manual.
I am using Abq 2021 / Explicit