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Status code: 8 FILE_ERROR

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jamesbrett

Mechanical
Jun 11, 2009
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Hello,

I am running a linear static analysis on a spherical bearing assembly model. The 'no penetration' contact condition is applied to most faces but I have been careful to have adequate restraints.

The solution looks good. However, as I modify the mesh controls to increase the DOF and achieve convergence as the DOF approach 700,000 I get the error message "PCG iterative solver stopped. Status code: 8 FILE_ERROR. No result saved"

Software: Windows XP 64bit, Solidworks 2008 x64 edition, cosmosworks

Hardware:Intel Xeon 5160 @ 3GHz, 12Gb RAM

Results are good so far, the convergence plot (stress@point vs DOF) is almost level. I just need to squeeze a few more DOF out to get a confident result. Please help!!

I can post more pics etc... if needed. Please find a picture of the error dialogue and the pcg_convergence plotter.

Cheers

James
 
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