We have an exciting announcement about badges coming in May 2025. Until then, we will temporarily stop issuing new badges for course completions and certifications. However, all completions will be recorded and fulfilled after May 2025.

Ansys Learning Forum › Forums › Discuss Simulation › General Mechanical › Force convergence problem › Reply To: Force convergence problem

April 21, 2024 at 3:14 pm
peteroznewman
Subscriber

Hi Adeleine,

Check the coefficient of thermal expansion for all materials and make sure you use the correct units for temperature when you are entering a CTE value.

Check that all the materials and bodies are assigned the same reference/Environment temperature.

Try running the Static Structural model with a Thermal Condition and assign a 1 degree temperature increase to all bodies.  For example, if the reference temperature is 20 C, assign a Temperature of 21 C to all bodies and see if you get a reasonable thermal expansion and reasonable stress values.

Regards,
Peter