{"id":244365,"date":"2022-12-19T14:20:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T14:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/3d-beam-to-beam-contact\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T14:20:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T14:20:40","slug":"3d-beam-to-beam-contact","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/3d-beam-to-beam-contact\/","title":{"rendered":"3D beam to beam contact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have tried to do twisted pairs simulation by selecting the lines representing the centriod of the beams; i use beam element with quadratic shape function, linear material, Frictional contact 0.1 (coulomb friction)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/19-12-2022-1671458454-13.PNG\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BCs:i have applied on one end Ux, Uy, Uz, RX, RZ = 0 but on the other end Ux, Uy, RX, RZ = 0; so that i applied a displacement in z direction (loading from start point to 6 mm and unloading cycle back to start point mm); this BCs sre apllied on remote point which connect the two vertices of the cables side&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/19-12-2022-1671458562-14.PNG\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>but the solver was unable to converge? how can i solve this problem?&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-244365","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["184709","99","240"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.44.170.61"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["939"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["244365"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["99","240","184709"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["7"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["244504"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["244504"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2022-12-20 13:04:23"]},"test":"help_me"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/244365","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\/244365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}