Hi All,
I would like to thank the forum members for posting questions and answers. these were of much help to me as i am a new abaqus user. I am trying to model jointed rigid pavement to study the effect of dynamic loading. Earlier i had used spring elements to simulate dowel joints but they do not provide desirable results.
Recently i have tried to model 2 concrete slabs connected with steel bars (dowels). However the model does not work and gives error - "Displacement increment for contact is too big". The message file gives the following warnings:
***WARNING: SOLVER PROBLEM. NUMERICAL SINGULARITY WHEN PROCESSING NODE DOWEL-1.1 D.O.F. 3 RATIO = 16.3607E+12.
Please help.
I would like to thank the forum members for posting questions and answers. these were of much help to me as i am a new abaqus user. I am trying to model jointed rigid pavement to study the effect of dynamic loading. Earlier i had used spring elements to simulate dowel joints but they do not provide desirable results.
Recently i have tried to model 2 concrete slabs connected with steel bars (dowels). However the model does not work and gives error - "Displacement increment for contact is too big". The message file gives the following warnings:
***WARNING: SOLVER PROBLEM. NUMERICAL SINGULARITY WHEN PROCESSING NODE DOWEL-1.1 D.O.F. 3 RATIO = 16.3607E+12.
Please help.