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[mrivero]

Hello everyone, 

I am trying modelling compression of a gasket between two plates caused by bolt pretensions. The assembly consist of two external plates bounded by four bolts (simplified modelling by beam connections), between them there are a gasket and a layer which is thinner than the gasket. The objective is compress the assembly to the gasket's thickness will be equal than the layer's thickness. 

I can not run the simulation because an error message comes up ("The L-2 norm of the residual force overflowed. This may be caused by PRED,ON or birth/dead elements. Please use PRED,OFF and try again.")

I have tried changed the mesh, the contacts, enter the command "PRED,OFF", adjustment... I don't know what to do to solve the problem. 

 

I'd really appreciate any help.

 

Best regards.

 

[Ashish Khemka]

Hi,

Please see if the following link helps: Error static structural non linear simulation (ansys.com)

Regards,

Ashish Khemka