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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Installation and Licensing Ansys Products The solver engine was unable to converge on a solution for the nonlinear problem Reply To: The solver engine was unable to converge on a solution for the nonlinear problem

dlooman
Ansys Employee

If you are attempting to analyze the actual insertion of the pin, that is always difficult due to the stick slip behavior of the contact.  It's much easier to model the pin geometry already in position and resolve the interference with contact.  

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