Check contact status, penetration and pressure.
Build model and CNCHECK.
Make sure its not just a displacement scaling issue.
Check contact/target reals.
Contact/target pairs should have the same reals.
!Contact
allsel
ET,3,conta175 !defines sec element, 2D C.E.
r,3,,,,,,,,,,,,, !real default
change the 3 to a 2 and have a go...
Firstly, what is 'modal deformation'? - You need to read up what the modal results are, they certainly are not deflections as a modal analysis is 'un-forced'.
Comparing static deflections is sensible and a good verification tool.
Becareful when using plates/shells in this software. Although you specify a plate thickness in the element definition, the software only uses this as a mathematical quantity when forming the stiffness matricies. It does not acount for the shell thickness in your model, which maybe important when...
I do not need an advice like "divide this line to have two lines"
Maybe I am missing something, but using the LSBW and other mapped meshing techniques in combination with LMESH and ESIZE is the most effective and efficient way of doing this...?
Can you explain why this technique is not...
It depends on where and how you issue them. Maybe these commands used in conjunction with the PRNSOL command may get you what you want...?
However, be careful not to issue these commands interactivley, i.e typing them directly into the "Command Prompt Bar", put them in a script file and run this.
I would suggest having numerous scripting files:
1) Defining Parametrics
2) Building the geometry
3) Apply loads and write load cases (LSWRITE)
4) Solving (LSSOLVE)
5) Post processing
These can be called up in any order and as many times as you wish using the /INPUT command in a 'master file'...
