I'm simulating tube crushing. The tube is modeled using S4R shell elements.
On analysis, it shows an error message saying excessive element distortion. Kindly help me rectify the error.
Could anyone help me rectify the following error
'For a self contact surface, the facets of the elements in element set ErrElemFacetThick3d-Step1 are thicker than the edge or diagonal lengths of the facets. Use the MAXRATIO parameter on *SURFACE to allow automatic rescaling of the contact...