Sorry for the confusion, my FEA vocabulary is still developing. I should have said for increased mesh density, i.e. smaller elements, stresses decrease.
In the attached spreadsheet I show von Mises stress probed from a point on the end of a strategically placed split line. I get the same...
Noticed an error in the spread sheet...
The % element/node differnece is actually showing the change in element stress between runs. The actual data is:
Study % element/node difference
1 3
2 1
3 1
4 1
5 0
I am having some interesting results for the convergence of stresses in an assembly modeled with shell elements.
Roughly speaking, the model is constructed as follows:
The model has a remote load applied to one component. Both bonded and no penetration contacts are used to link individual...
