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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation General Mechanical Element distortion error in my Ansys Structural model Reply To: Element distortion error in my Ansys Structural model

peteroznewman
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I suggest you change the frictionless contact to frictional and type in a friction coefficient of 0.1 or higher.  Friction can help stabilize a transient analysis.

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