{"id":244233,"date":"2022-12-16T16:47:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T16:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ekill-and-element-distortion-in-workbench\/"},"modified":"2022-12-16T16:47:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T16:47:45","slug":"ekill-and-element-distortion-in-workbench","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ekill-and-element-distortion-in-workbench\/","title":{"rendered":"eKill and element distortion in workbench"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m new to APDL command in workbench. Sorry if my questions are too obvious!<\/p>\n<p>First question, In each time step of my model I find the damage status. I want to kill the element that has a damage status equal one for the next time step. Does this happen automatically or it is something that I should put in manually as APDL command?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Second question, I get excessive element distortion error for few elements before my structure fails (I have a manual criteria for structure failure). I tried changing the mesh and load increment but no luck. Is it a good idea to use eKill to remove the element with high distortion? If so can you please guide me through it. My problem is displacement controlled and I want to go post-buckling, but error appears at buckling point.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-244233","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["270153","240"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.192.164.14"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["3085"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["244233"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","270153"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["10"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["244839"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["244839"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2022-12-24 19:10:18"]},"test":"rt795uowmail-edu-au"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/244233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/244233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}