{"id":247650,"date":"2023-01-26T23:59:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T23:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/issues-with-highly-distorted-elements\/"},"modified":"2023-02-07T15:01:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:01:11","slug":"issues-with-highly-distorted-elements","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/issues-with-highly-distorted-elements\/","title":{"rendered":"Issues with highly distorted elements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I am having issues with highly distorted elements. The simulation is a transient structural simulation that is getting temperatures from transient thermal. There is a fixed boundry condition on the bottom surface of the geometry. Elements are being added and removed using EKILL and EALIVE in APDL command blocks based on temperature. The material types are also being assigned based on temperature in the APDL code.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Below is an image of what is happening. I was wondering if anyone has ideas of why this is occuring?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/26-01-2023-1674776467-mceclip0.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/26-01-2023-1674776593-mceclip1.png\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-247650","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-apdl","topic-tag-transient-structural"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello, I am having issues with highly distorted elements. The simulation is a transient structural simulation that is getting temperatures from transient thermal. There is a fixed boundry condition on the bottom surface of the geometry. Elements are being added and removed using EKILL and EALIVE in APDL command blocks based on temperature. 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