{"id":352534,"date":"2024-02-20T12:51:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T12:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/bolt-pretensions-and-gasket-nonlinear-material-model\/"},"modified":"2024-02-20T12:51:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T12:51:15","slug":"bolt-pretensions-and-gasket-nonlinear-material-model","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/bolt-pretensions-and-gasket-nonlinear-material-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolt pretensions and gasket &#8211; nonlinear material model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone,&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am trying modelling compression of a gasket between two plates caused by bolt pretensions. The assembly consist of two external plates bounded by four bolts (simplified modelling by beam connections), between them there are a gasket and a layer which is thinner than the gasket. The objective is compress the assembly to the gasket&#8217;s thickness will be equal than the layer&#8217;s thickness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I can not run the simulation because an error message comes up (&#8220;The L-2 norm of the residual force overflowed. This may be caused by PRED,ON or birth\/dead elements. Please use PRED,OFF and try again.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<div id=\"paraDiv\">I have tried changed the mesh, the contacts, enter the command &#8220;PRED,OFF&#8221;, adjustment&#8230; I don&#8217;t know what to do to solve the problem.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;d really appreciate any help.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Best regards.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/20-02-2024-1708433334-mceclip0.png\"><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/20-02-2024-1708433387-mceclip1.png\"><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/20-02-2024-1708433449-mceclip2.png\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-352534","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-mechanicalworkbench-1","topic-tag-gap","topic-tag-gasket-1","topic-tag-nonlinear"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["7528","49095","240"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.52.43.16"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["928"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["352534"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","7528","49095"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["4"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["353115"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["353115"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-02-22 12:22:53"]},"test":"mriverous-es"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/352534","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\/352534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}