Reply To: temperature loads – too much penetration and element turning upside down

[Ashish Khemka]

Shailesh, for the frictional contacts: Turn off small sliding, and reduce pinball radius (current one looks too large). Check the initial contact status: Does the model has penetration?

If yes, then you will need to resolve it first (setting the first step to resolve the penetration), then importing the temperatures and then allowing for sliding.

If not, then try to use a coarse mesh and try to debug why the model is not converging. You may try using Newton Raphson Residuals as well to look for locations of force imbalance.

9.6.8.3. Addressing Non-Convergence

Regards,

Ashish Khemka