Huge Deformation on Sharp Indentation

[ulloap]

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

http://files.engineering.com/getfil...9-4e3e-8c16-41022e822386&file=Indentation.png

 

[yaston4]

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