{"id":345147,"date":"2024-01-17T14:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T14:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/?post_type=topic&#038;p=345147"},"modified":"2024-01-17T14:27:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T14:27:02","slug":"how-to-prevent-self-intersection-of-a-single-body","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-prevent-self-intersection-of-a-single-body\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Prevent Self-Intersection of a Single Body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I am currently working in Ansys Mechanical 2022 R2 with the model below as a static structural analysis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/17-01-2024-1705499330-mceclip0.png\" width=\"194\" height=\"291\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/17-01-2024-1705499709-mceclip1.png\" width=\"366\" height=\"203\"><\/p>\n<p>I have fixed the bottom surface and added a 100N force to the top edge of the left side of the block. I&#8217;d like to see the deformation amount of the larger portion of the block on the right when the left side is pushed but the body keeps self intersecting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve tried to add a contact region between the two surfaces of the block that should be interacting but have still gotten results showing them intersecting.<\/p>\n<p>Any tips to prevent this? Thanks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-345147","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-ansysworkbench-ansys-staticstructural","topic-tag-selfintersectionbody"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_author_ip":["23.218.248.135"],"_bbp_subscription":["337108","58821"],"_btv_view_count":["809"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["345147"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["58821","337108"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["345160"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["345160"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-01-17 15:17:37"]},"test":"aziolatramgroup-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/345147","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/345147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345149,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/345147\/revisions\/345149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}