Thanks for your advice. This simulation runs with the expected contact in Standard, but doesn't in Explicit. I discovered this problem is related to the following error in Explicit:
***WARNING: In step 1, some contact edge thicknesses for general contact were reduced from the parent element or...
Thanks for your comment. Perspective is already off unfortunately. This simple simulation is a test for a much bigger and more complicated simulation, so it's not feasible to move to solid elements for the bar. I can't understand why it isn't recognising the beam profile, but yet it doesn't...
Hi, I'm trying to wrap a polymer sheet (C3D8R elements) onto a wire (B31 elements) using a pressure applied to the sheet. The wire component is completely fixed. Currently I have general contact with a penalty applied to the entire model. The polymer sheet passes about 1/3rd of the way through...
I am using a rigid cylinder to crimp a covered stent. It works perfectly when I apply the radial displacement directly to the crimper geometry, but I want to get the radial force output from one node. I have tried using an equation constraint but when the crimper makes contact with the stent the...
