Reply To: Explicit Dynamics finish running before the analysis time reach out.

[Chris Quan]

Energy Summary plot shows that there is a negative contact energy developed with time. Negative contact energy means large contact penetrations present in the results. 

Thus, please check your results carefully. The premature interruptions may be caused by large contact penetrations.

Furthermore, you can restart the analysis by selecting the last saved cycle via Resume From Cycle in Step Controls under Analysis Settings and then click on Solve. Program should continue the analysis from the last restart file saved. It may not be the last cycle when it was interrupted: 244510.

Also, the time step is 7E-7 ms, which is quite large in a typical explicit dynamics simulation. Please check the material properties carefully to make sure they are accurate.