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  1. Papathuelos

    ANSYS CONTACT PROBLEM

    Hello, I'm trying to simulate a compression test. My specimen is a cube and I'm trying to press it with a rigid surface but the surface moves through the specimen without imposing any deformation to it. Is it possible to press a solid body with a surface or is there something wrong with my...
  2. Papathuelos

    ANSYS MAPPED MESHING

    Hello, I need some help on how to create a mapped mesh on a complex volume. My volume is a cube inside of which there are some spheres or parts of spheres. I found some macros on the web on how to mesh the spheres but how can i mesh the rest of the volume. To give you an idea the cube is...
  3. Papathuelos

    ANSYS CONVERGENCE

    Hello, I think i'm having a convergence problem. I'm trying to model a compression test at nano - scale level. During solution the Force criterion is always bigger than the Force convergence. I presume that happens due to the fact that i'm modeling at nano - scale level but i cannot understand...
  4. Papathuelos

    Geometry Import to ANSYS

    Hello, I created a random distribution of spheres in space in Grasshopper, Rhino. I saved the part as parasolid and tried to import it into ANSYS APDL. It' s imported OK but when I try to subtract the spheres from a cube there are some problems. The problems seem to occur only in the spheres...

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