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Huge Deformation on Sharp Indentation

Huge Deformation on Sharp Indentation

Huge Deformation on Sharp Indentation

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Dear All,

Im trying to get the force needed to penetrate a PP (elasto-plastic) tube with a sharp tooth -rigid surface-, using ALE, but cant get results,instead I get huge mesh distortion. Anny suggestions?

Regards
LPUS

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RE: Huge Deformation on Sharp Indentation

In your common options (Visualisation module) what is your deformation factor set to, it might be just a visual thing?

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