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Contact settings GUI freeze and simulation run time

Posted Apr 28, 2017, 9:52 a.m. EDT Modeling Tools & Definitions Version 5.2a 0 Replies

Matteo Mori
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Hi all,

I have a 3D structural model of a concrete dam made of touching massive blocks, where there are hundreds of contact pairs with friction.

When I change any contact property, like friction coefficient or penalty factor COMSOL freezes for 5-10 minutes before the interface returns responsive, I suppose it has to write the property to all contact pairs.
It also takes the same time to startup every time I try to solve the model, and it gets quite annoying to wait for minutes every time I edit a setting.

Do you know any tricks or settings to speed-up the program?

Thanks, Matteo
0 Replies Last Post Apr 28, 2017, 9:52 a.m. EDT
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