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Traction does not converge
Posted Aug 6, 2014, 6:40 a.m. EDT Heat Transfer & Phase Change, Structural Mechanics Version 4.4 1 Reply
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Hallo everyone,
I'm trying to model thermal stress in a glas plate caused by a solder drop with a initial temperature. The problem is that the traction does not converge with finer mesh, it gets bigger and bigger after refining the mesh.
I'm doing a time dependant, 2D axissymmetric study.
I would appreciate your help.
Thanks
Max
I'm trying to model thermal stress in a glas plate caused by a solder drop with a initial temperature. The problem is that the traction does not converge with finer mesh, it gets bigger and bigger after refining the mesh.
I'm doing a time dependant, 2D axissymmetric study.
I would appreciate your help.
Thanks
Max
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Hi Max,
I believe there is a stress singularity at the edge between the drop and the plate due to the discontinuity in the initial temperature. That is why reducing the mesh size results in higher stresses.
Nagi Elabbasi
Veryst Engineering
I believe there is a stress singularity at the edge between the drop and the plate due to the discontinuity in the initial temperature. That is why reducing the mesh size results in higher stresses.
Nagi Elabbasi
Veryst Engineering