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FAQ Discovery Refine: How to capture Large Deformations in structural simulation?

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      FAQ Discovery Refine: How to capture Large Deformations in structural simulation?

      Discovery will automatically determine the structural modeling method for you based on the physics inputs by default. You can explicitly set the modeling method by going to Simulation Options in the ribbon of the Simulation tab and make modifications under Additional Structural Options (Refine). This option only affects solutions when in the Refine stage.

      Select Specify modeling method to override the method set by Discovery. Choose between forcing the modeling method to be Non-linear, in which case large deformations will be captured.

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      or forcing the method to be Linear, in which case sliding contact will be idealized and large deformation will not be included.

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