How to plot contact elements in Mechanical workbench.

- January 22, 2024 at 1:48 pm
  
  manu.sn
  Subscriber
  
  Hii Everyone,
  I am getting this warning in solver output for a static structural analysis,
  *** WARNING *** CP = 2001.062 TIME= 14:12:43
  Contact element 92982 (real ID 127) status changes abruptly from
  contact (with target element 96374) -> no-contact.
  As there are many of such warnings with some contact elements, due to which solution is not converging and, since it is not solved I am not able to plot contact elements by user defined option under solution.
  I wanted to know if its possible to plot contact elements or navigate to those contact surfaces which are changing its status abruptly.
- January 22, 2024 at 2:01 pm
  
  ErKo
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hi
  You can use the worksheet results summary:
  See below (go to Material and Element Type Information and find the contact elements)
  /forum/forums/topic/worksheet-result-ansys-mechanical/
  
  Also see this post:
  /forum/forums/topic/how-to-display-contact-elements-id-in-ansys-workbench/
  Hope all this helps
  All the best
  Erik