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  1. saraalaw

    Mesh a complex part with voids

    I layered the 3 parts on top of each other. I did general contact. Now i am getting this: For 1525 beam elements either the average curvature about the local 1-direction differs by more than 0.1 degrees per unit length as compared to the default curvature or the approximate integrated curvature...
  2. saraalaw

    Mesh a complex part with voids

    I did it as a beam element and the top and bottom layers as solids. I merged all the parts together and tried to submit the Job. Now i am getting this error: In step 1, some contact edge thicknesses for general contact were reduced from the parent element or specified values due to a large...
  3. saraalaw

    Mesh a complex part with voids

    I tried decreasing the element size up to 0.2 but it still didn't work. I am new to abaqus so can you please explain more about the beam elemnts and shell elements?
  4. saraalaw

    Mesh a complex part with voids

    Hello, I have a part made up of 3 layers, a top and bottom rectangular plate and a layer in between that is shown in the screenshot (https://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=6af5e5e8-693c-4d93-90b2-f4bb59a83615&file=2020-03-16.png). The three layers are merged together like this...

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