{"id":318320,"date":"2023-11-18T22:05:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T22:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/metal-bulge\/"},"modified":"2023-11-18T22:05:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T22:05:42","slug":"metal-bulge","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/metal-bulge\/","title":{"rendered":"Metal Bulge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone,<\/p>\n<p>I am trying to run an FEA for my Masters Project, where I am compressing a steel gasket (thin sheet of metal) between two diamonds. The compression of the gasket should create a sort of bulge of the metal as shown in the first figure. For some reason this bulge is not appearing in my simulation (second figure). Any ideas why?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/18-11-2023-1700344935-blobid0.jpg\" alt=\"High Pressure: Types of Pressure Cells\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/18-11-2023-1700344994-mceclip0.png\" width=\"399\" height=\"191\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-318320","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-ductile","topic-tag-fea","topic-tag-mechanical","topic-tag-metal","topic-tag-stainless-steel-2","topic-tag-steel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["302484","275204"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.206.193.59"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["475"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["318320"],"_bbp_forum_id":["275024"],"_bbp_engagement":["275204","302484"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["7"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["319080"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["319080"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-11-22 17:09:12"]},"test":"s1956735ed-ac-uk"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/318320","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\/318320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}