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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation General Mechanical Highly distorted elements near bolt holes Reply To: Highly distorted elements near bolt holes

John Doyle
Ansys Employee

You could wrap contact scoping around the edges and switch detection method to 'combined' to use both gauss and nodal detection together.  Also, try dropping midside nodes.

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