


{"id":302305,"date":"2023-08-20T19:44:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T19:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/change-of-contact-status\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T13:35:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T13:35:46","slug":"change-of-contact-status","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/change-of-contact-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Change of contact status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello all,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m new to Ansys and I&#8217;m not able to solve the following problem:<\/p>\n<p>I have an assembly which consists only of surface elements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wp-colorbox-image cboxElement\" href=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/20-08-2023-1692559603-mceclip0.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/20-08-2023-1692559603-mceclip0.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When I generate the mesh I receive the following alerts:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Info: <\/strong>&#8220;In one or more contact regions, the contact area or the target area of shells is set to program-controlled. This can affect performance when writing the input file. Consider displaying element normals and selecting either the top or bottom shell area. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning:<\/strong> &#8220;The contact status has suddenly changed. &nbsp;Check the results carefully for possible separation of contact areas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Nevertheless, up to here I can calculate a solution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The problem starts, when I add a convergence for one surface. The program does not calculate further and gives me the following allerts:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Error:<\/strong> &#8220;A contact assignment does not contain any elements. Right-click on the message and &#8220;Go to Object&#8221; shows the contact area.<\/p>\n<p>The assignment may have been removed by meshing or the trim tolerance is too aggressive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Error:<\/strong> &#8220;An error occurred in the post-processing module: invalid or missing result file.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Error:<\/strong> &#8220;An error has occurred in the Solver module: general error.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wp-colorbox-image cboxElement\" href=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/20-08-2023-1692559979-mceclip1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/20-08-2023-1692559979-mceclip1.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>it takes me to this view when i right-click on the last error message. 25 of my contacts are marked here, but I dont know how I can resolve the problem.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wp-colorbox-image cboxElement\" href=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/20-08-2023-1692560415-mceclip3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/20-08-2023-1692560415-mceclip3.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks a lot for any help in advance \ud83d\ude42&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Regards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-302305","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-contact","topic-tag-shell-elements"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["291728","88","17573"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.206.193.154"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1453"],"_bbp_likes_count":["1"],"_edit_lock":["1692624880:219927"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["302305"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["88","17573","291728"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["7"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["303644"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["303644"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-08-28 12:46:28"]},"test":"tim-rudloffstudent-fh-kiel-de"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/302305","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\/302305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}