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Numerical singularity issue

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mapi

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Hi,
I encouter a problem.

In msg file, it says:

SOLVER PROBLEM. NUMERICAL SINGULARITY WHEN PROCESSING NODE 191 D.O.F. 3 RATIO = 6.85800E+11

I wonder what can cause such singularity problem and I don't know what is wrong with my UEL code.

Thanks.
 
Probably infers rigid body motion in dof 3.

corus
 
Right. There is rigid body motion.

So how do we give such boundary condtions:

Five nodes on a circle(2D), these five nodes can only move toward the center of circle--there is only radial displacement and no tangential displacement (no rotation). Suppose that we fix one node, how about other nodes? How to apply BCs?
 
Fix any one node in dof 3.

corus
 
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