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“Small Sliding assumption is violated at ‘x’ contact points”. Should I be concerned?

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    • July 12, 2021 at 12:24 pm
      Rameez_ul_Haq
      Subscriber

      So while conducting a non-linear analysis, this warning popped up within the solver output. However, the solution kept on proceeding. Should I be concerned about this warning? Will it affect my results in a negative manner?

    • July 12, 2021 at 3:23 pm
      1shan
      Ansys Employee
      Have a look at this interesting article https://www.ansys.com/content/dam/product/structures/mechanical/small-sliding-ab.pdf.
      Regards Ishan.
    • July 13, 2021 at 7:39 am
      Rameez_ul_Haq
      Subscriber
      ,sure. Let me have a look at the article. I hope it would help in what I was looking for.
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