{"id":407840,"date":"2025-01-31T00:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T00:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/avoid-self-intersecting-geometry\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T00:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T00:38:09","slug":"avoid-self-intersecting-geometry","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/avoid-self-intersecting-geometry\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid Self Intersecting Geometry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello, I am trying to run a simulation with the goal to model a compliant rubber finger when 5N of force is applied via a cable. To &#8220;model&#8221; the cable I am just applying force in the -y direction on the top segment. I am having an issue where the finger intersects itself when I apply the force. How do I make it so it will keep deforming when in contact with itself? Like the segmets should still be able to touch each other while the joints bend 90 degrees. Thanks.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/31-01-2025-1738283857-mceclip0.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-407840","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-intersection","topic-tag-mechanical","topic-tag-meshing","topic-tag-selfintersectionbody"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["407840"],"_bbp_subscription":["481595","14399","240"],"_bbp_author_ip":["2603:6011:2df0:4f0:5c87:c274:389d:50f0"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["407927"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["407927"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-01-31 16:47:02"],"_bbp_reply_count":["4"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_engagement":["481595","14399","240"],"_btv_view_count":["544"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"sillus-1buckeyemail-osu-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/407840","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\/407840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}