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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation General Mechanical Convergence Issue – Thermal Electric Conduction Simulation Reply To: Convergence Issue – Thermal Electric Conduction Simulation

dlooman
Ansys Employee

Did you apply a current to the other end of the wire?  Is the electrical conductivity temperature-dependent?  If you ramp the current on slowly the solution should converge, but it's helpful to turn on Line Search.  Sometimes the default converge criteria are way too small, preventing convergence.