{"id":186964,"date":"2021-08-04T02:15:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T02:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/186964\/"},"modified":"2021-08-04T03:02:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T03:02:35","slug":"186964","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/186964\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: Convergence issue on Static structural analysis. Help?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ciao Daniele What version of ANSYS are you using?<br \/>\nI downloaded your archive and opened it. I see the number of nodes and elements (306k, 248k) are too large for the Student license.  Fortunately, I have a full license for 2020 R1.  Unfortunately, if you are using an older version, you won&#8217;t be able to open my archive.<br \/>\nNow that I have opened the archive, I see you are using hyperelastic materials.  The inner liner part is modeled with Silicon Rubber.  That would benefit from Keyop(6)=1 that would turn on the mixed u-P element formulation and the reduced integration scheme.  The keyop is done by a Commands object and looks like this:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/959\/C422IZC9H5S4.png\" width=\"561\" height=\"322\" \/>In the details window, change the Brick Integration Scheme to Reduced.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/992\/V5DANM79LBP1.png\" width=\"374\" height=\"130\" \/>It is generally unacceptable for solid elements to have only one element through the thickness, and that is the condition on the inner liner part.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/387\/LYWAAWQV6KNC.png\" width=\"279\" height=\"295\" \/>A minimum of two elements through the thickness is required and more is better.  With some effort, the inner liner part could be made using hex elements which would reduce slightly the number of elements.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/273\/4RNJH4Z78X2D.png\" width=\"288\" height=\"369\" \/>Since the steel parts are much stiffer than the nylon and silicon parts, change the steel parts to rigid behavior to use fewer nodes and elements.<br \/>\nThis model has a large Coefficient of Friction. The solver issues a message to say<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/345\/27PKDCEDOWAG.png\" width=\"373\" height=\"109\" \/>You can do that under Analysis Settings, but that is only needed if the convergence is failing. If it solves with the Program Controlled setting, that is a slightly faster solver.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/307\/W93RS6KBA31W.png\" width=\"290\" height=\"221\" \/>One of the best changes you can make to this model is to not use 24 steps, but use 2 steps. Step 1 is to tighten the bolts. Step 2 is to apply the force. The the Step Controls can be Auto Time Stepping On.<br \/>\nLooking at the Bonded Contact between the steel shaft and the inside of the inner liner. I would have modeled the resin as solid elements instead of using beam elements to connect nodes on the shaft to nodes on the inside of a very soft silicon rubber material.  <br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/739\/L9ZR1H3K34MO.png\" width=\"793\" height=\"582\" \/>In a few clicks, you can do a Volume Extract in SpaceClaim to model the epoxy resin.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/forum-uploads\/307\/VLLOYK53BGMI.png\" width=\"670\" height=\"481\" \/>Drag the solid out of the Volume component, and put it next to Solid8, hide the other components and use the Share button on the Workbench tab to avoid having to use Bonded Contact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-186964","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/186964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reply"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/186964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}