Hi everyone,

Having some issues here:

I am displacing a sphere into a flat rubber surface using NL Static simulation. I am trying to determine the vertical reaction force of the rubber surface due to it being displaced. For this, I need to determine the contact area of the two parts when displaced, and just the average vertical stress for that contact area.

I can't get the measuring tool to measure the diameter of the contact area from the deformed shape, and I'm not sure how to determine the average stress of a particular area.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Glenn