Reply To: No contact penetration of CONTA178 elements – Bearing simulation

[Mike Rife]

 

Because the stresses in the bearings are very small compared to the whole model.  Unselect the housing volumes, then reselect the elements/nodes attached to the remaining volumes, and replot the stress….what happens?

In the image above you can kindof see the bearing stresses as one pixel...or a line of single pixels for the top bearing.  Removing the housing volumes/elements will help see these as well.