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Erik Kostson
Ansys Employee

Hi

Search for that and they will be some links that might help:

https://innovationspace.ansys.com/forum/forums/topic/i-want-to-see-the-failure/

https://innovationspace.ansys.com/forum/forums/topic/ekill-and-element-distortion-in-workbench/

This is the main principle and workflow:

https://simutechgroup.com/performing-ekill-element-death-in-mechanical/

If you search for "I want to SEE the failure" on an search engine, there will be more links to look at.

Hope this helps.

Erik