Reply To: Simulating the bending/deforming of a flat, thin silicon layer into a spherical geometry

[peteroznewman]

Try contact with Keyop(12)=5. Make a small test model to confirm that this works the way you want.
The contact can be open at the start of the simulation, and as the pressure pushes the silicon chip down, the contact closes and holds the chip from that time onward.
Regards Peter