{"id":162030,"date":"2023-01-25T07:34:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T07:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:36:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:36:18","slug":"how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\/","title":{"rendered":"How to deal with &#8220;insufficient memory in contact&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This error message about &#8220;insufficient memory in contact&#8221; is related to contact calculation. User needs to check model setup carefully to make sure there is no initial contact penetration, especially along the curved interfaces between materials or bodies. Furthermore, user also needs to check the value of mass scaling time step if mass scaling is used. Make sure the amount of the mass added to the system is not very large.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-162030","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-2019-r2","topic-tag-contact","topic-tag-explicit-autodyn","topic-tag-mechanical","topic-tag-structural-mechanics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This error message about &quot;insufficient memory in contact&quot; is related to contact calculation. User needs to check model setup carefully to make sure there is no initial contact penetration, especially along the curved interfaces between materials or bodies. Furthermore, user also needs to check the value of mass scaling time step if mass scaling is\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ansys Knowledge | Ansys Innovation Space\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to deal with \u201cinsufficient memory in contact\u201d? | Ansys Knowledge\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This error message about &quot;insufficient memory in contact&quot; is related to contact calculation. User needs to check model setup carefully to make sure there is no initial contact penetration, especially along the curved interfaces between materials or bodies. Furthermore, user also needs to check the value of mass scaling time step if mass scaling is\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-25T07:34:06+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-31T12:36:18+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"How to deal with \u201cinsufficient memory in contact\u201d? | Ansys Knowledge\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"This error message about &quot;insufficient memory in contact&quot; is related to contact calculation. User needs to check model setup carefully to make sure there is no initial contact penetration, especially along the curved interfaces between materials or bodies. Furthermore, user also needs to check the value of mass scaling time step if mass scaling is\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Topics\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Topics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/structural-mechanics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"structural-mechanics\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/structural-mechanics\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"structural-mechanics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/structural-mechanics\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"How to deal with &#8220;insufficient memory in contact&#8221;?\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Topics\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"How to deal with &#8220;insufficient memory in contact&#8221;?\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/structural-mechanics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"structural-mechanics\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"Ansys Innovation Space\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to deal with \\u201cinsufficient memory in contact\\u201d? | Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"This error message about \\\"insufficient memory in contact\\\" is related to contact calculation. User needs to check model setup carefully to make sure there is no initial contact penetration, especially along the curved interfaces between materials or bodies. Furthermore, user also needs to check the value of mass scaling time step if mass scaling is\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-25T07:34:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-31T12:36:18+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"Ansys Innovation Space\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"How to deal with \u201cinsufficient memory in contact\u201d? | Ansys Knowledge","description":"This error message about \"insufficient memory in contact\" is related to contact calculation. User needs to check model setup carefully to make sure there is no initial contact penetration, especially along the curved interfaces between materials or bodies. Furthermore, user also needs to check the value of mass scaling time step if mass scaling is","canonical_url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","name":"Topics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Topics","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/#listItem","name":"structural-mechanics"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"structural-mechanics","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\/#listItem","name":"How to deal with &#8220;insufficient memory in contact&#8221;?"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","name":"Topics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\/#listItem","position":4,"name":"How to deal with &#8220;insufficient memory in contact&#8221;?","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/#listItem","name":"structural-mechanics"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#organization","name":"Ansys Knowledge","description":"Ansys Innovation Space","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\/","name":"How to deal with \u201cinsufficient memory in contact\u201d? | Ansys Knowledge","description":"This error message about \"insufficient memory in contact\" is related to contact calculation. User needs to check model setup carefully to make sure there is no initial contact penetration, especially along the curved interfaces between materials or bodies. Furthermore, user also needs to check the value of mass scaling time step if mass scaling is","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\/#breadcrumblist"},"datePublished":"2023-01-25T07:34:06+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-31T12:36:18+00:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#website","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/","name":"Ansys Knowledge","description":"Ansys Innovation Space","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Ansys Knowledge | Ansys Innovation Space","og:type":"article","og:title":"How to deal with \u201cinsufficient memory in contact\u201d? | Ansys Knowledge","og:description":"This error message about &quot;insufficient memory in contact&quot; is related to contact calculation. User needs to check model setup carefully to make sure there is no initial contact penetration, especially along the curved interfaces between materials or bodies. Furthermore, user also needs to check the value of mass scaling time step if mass scaling is","og:url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\/","article:published_time":"2023-01-25T07:34:06+00:00","article:modified_time":"2023-07-31T12:36:18+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"How to deal with \u201cinsufficient memory in contact\u201d? | Ansys Knowledge","twitter:description":"This error message about &quot;insufficient memory in contact&quot; is related to contact calculation. User needs to check model setup carefully to make sure there is no initial contact penetration, especially along the curved interfaces between materials or bodies. Furthermore, user also needs to check the value of mass scaling time step if mass scaling is"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"162030","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"created":"2025-10-17 19:35:59","updated":"2026-07-29 06:49:39","ai":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/\" title=\"Topics\">Topics<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/\" title=\"structural-mechanics\">structural-mechanics<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tHow to deal with \u201cinsufficient memory in contact\u201d?\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge"},{"label":"Topics","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/"},{"label":"structural-mechanics","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/"},{"label":"How to deal with &#8220;insufficient memory in contact&#8221;?","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-deal-with-insufficient-memory-in-contact\/"}],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["1-24-2023  20:20:07"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.56.168.180"],"_btv_view_count":["5469"],"siebel_km_number":["2060518"],"product_version":["2019 R2"],"km_published_date":["2019-08-21T21:10:42.000Z"],"family":["Structural Mechanics"],"application_name":["Mechanical"]},"test":"articlesansys-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/162030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/162030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}