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Excessive Distortion in Press Hardening Simulation

material_girl

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Hello,

I am trying to simulate press hardening. However, despite what I have tried, I continue to get the warning that my sheet is distorting excessively. I have tried:

  • Refining the mesh in contact areas
  • Using adaptive meshing
  • double-checking the material problems
  • changing the load
  • changing the die speed
  • decreasing step time
  • increasing maximum number of steps
I am now trying to run the simulation in Explicit instead of Implicit. However, could anyone please take a look at the .msg file (for implicit) and suggest what else I could try? Much appreciated :)
 

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