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problem with imposed pressure on a hyperelestic material

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raphaeldelperugia

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Jun 25, 2014
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Hi everyone,

I created a simple object with a hyperelastic material (rubber) with a Mooney-Rivlin law.

I encastred one of the extremities and i imposed a small pressure (traction) on the other one. But the calculs won't converge after a few steps.
I checked and, the problem is not the meshing nor the minimum time step. If instead of imposing a pressure, i impose a concentrated force or a displacement, evrerything works. It is not either the pressure that is too strong because i put a very small one. It is not the choice of the area where i impose the pressure either.

So my question is: is it normal mathematically to have a non-convergence when imposing a pressure on a hyperelastic material?

Thank you very much for your help.

Raphaël
 
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