{"id":236259,"date":"2022-09-25T11:22:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T11:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/element-has-excessive-distortion\/"},"modified":"2022-09-25T11:22:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T11:22:18","slug":"element-has-excessive-distortion","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/element-has-excessive-distortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Element  has excessive distortion."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Hello everyone,&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>I am running a large deflection analysis with mechanical Apdl ( NLGEOM, ON). As soon as the loading initiates the solution collapses and I get an error message that a particular element has exceeded distortion. When I check the elements ( SHELL181 Quad node element)&nbsp; deformation it changes from a rectangular shape to a completely irregular one.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;I have tried to reduce the time step and increase the number of substeps but nothing worked.<\/div>\n<div>Why this error occurs?&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-236259","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-error-001100247"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello everyone, I am running a large deflection analysis with mechanical Apdl ( NLGEOM, ON). As soon as the loading initiates the solution collapses and I get an error message that a particular element has exceeded distortion. 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