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Contact problem, no convergence

Contact problem, no convergence

Contact problem, no convergence

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Hi,
  I am learning contact analysis and I have a problem here. I want to constrain an axis by the friction between it and the sleeve, but the solution went a very time without any error or results. I don't know why.Could any one help me to have a check?
The following is the commands:
 /PREP7  
CYLIND,1, ,0,2,0,360,   
CYLIND,1.2, ,0,1.5,0,360,   
CYLIND,2,1.2,0,1.5,0,360,   
VDELE,       2, , ,1
VDELE,       3, , ,1
CYLIND,2,1.02,0,1.5,0,360,  
k,,,,2  
KWPAVE,      25
BLOCK,-2,2,-0.05,0.05,0,1,  
BLOCK,-2,2.5,-0.05,0.05,0,1,
VDELE,       3, , ,1
FLST,2,2,6,ORDE,2   
FITEM,2,1   
FITEM,2,4   
VGLUE,P51X  
ET,1,SOLID95
MPTEMP,,,,,,,,  
MPTEMP,1,0  
MPDATA,EX,1,,2.1e5  
MPDATA,PRXY,1,,0.3  
ESIZE,0.1,0,
FLST,5,2,6,ORDE,2   
FITEM,5,2   
FITEM,5,5   
CM,_Y,VOLU  
VSEL, , , ,P51X
CM,_Y1,VOLU
CHKMSH,'VOLU'   
CMSEL,S,_Y  
VSWEEP,_Y1  
CMDELE,_Y   
CMDELE,_Y1  
CMDELE,_Y2  
MSHAPE,1,3D
MSHKEY,0
CM,_Y,VOLU  
VSEL, , , ,       3
CM,_Y1,VOLU
CHKMSH,'VOLU'   
CMSEL,S,_Y  
VMESH,_Y1   
CMDELE,_Y   
CMDELE,_Y1  
CMDELE,_Y2  
ESIZE,0.2,0,
CM,_Y,VOLU  
VSEL, , , ,       3
CM,_Y1,VOLU
CHKMSH,'VOLU'   
CMSEL,S,_Y  
VCLEAR,_Y1  
VMESH,_Y1   
CMDELE,_Y   
CMDELE,_Y1  
CMDELE,_Y2  
csys,1  
nrotat,all  
/output,contact,txt,,   
CM,_NODECM,NODE
CM,_ELEMCM,ELEM
CM,_KPCM,KP
CM,_LINECM,LINE
CM,_AREACM,AREA
CM,_VOLUCM,VOLU
MP,MU,1,0.17
MAT,1   
MP,EMIS,1,7.88860905221e-031
R,3
REAL,3  
ET,2,170
ET,3,174
R,3,,,1.0,0.1,,
RMORE,,,1.0E20,0.0,1.0,
RMORE,0.0,0,1.0,,1.0,0.5
RMORE,0,1.0,1.0,0.0,,1.0
KEYOPT,3,4,0
KEYOPT,3,5,0
KEYOPT,3,7,0
KEYOPT,3,8,0
KEYOPT,3,9,0
KEYOPT,3,10,1   
KEYOPT,3,11,0   
KEYOPT,3,12,0   
KEYOPT,3,2,0
KEYOPT,2,5,0
ASEL,S,,,14
ASEL,A,,,15
CM,_TARGET,AREA
TYPE,2  
NSLA,S,1
ESLN,S,0
ESURF   
CMSEL,S,_ELEMCM
ASEL,S,,,9  
ASEL,A,,,10
CM,_CONTACT,AREA
TYPE,3  
NSLA,S,1
ESLN,S,0
ESURF   
ALLSEL  
ESEL,ALL
ESEL,S,TYPE,,2  
ESEL,A,TYPE,,3  
ESEL,R,REAL,,3  
ESEL,ALL
ESEL,S,TYPE,,2  
ESEL,A,TYPE,,3  
ESEL,R,REAL,,3  
CMSEL,A,_NODECM
CMDEL,_NODECM   
CMSEL,A,_ELEMCM
CMDEL,_ELEMCM   
CMSEL,S,_KPCM   
CMDEL,_KPCM
CMSEL,S,_LINECM
CMDEL,_LINECM   
CMSEL,S,_AREACM
CMDEL,_AREACM   
CMSEL,S,_VOLUCM
CMDEL,_VOLUCM   
CMDEL,_TARGET   
CMDEL,_CONTACT  
R,3,0,0,1, 0.1,-0.03,0  
RMORE,0,0,1e+020, 0,1,0
RMORE,0,,, ,,   
RMORE,,,1, 0,0,
FLST,2,1,5,ORDE,1   
FITEM,2,24  
/GO
SFA,P51X,1,PRES,0.1
FLST,2,2,5,ORDE,2   
FITEM,2,7   
FITEM,2,-8  
/GO
DA,P51X,ALL,
FLST,2,1,5,ORDE,1   
FITEM,2,1   
/GO
DA,P51X,UZ,
allsel  
FINISH
/SOLU
SOLVE  

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