*** INTERNAL PROGRAMMING ERROR *** elqc_util.F at Loc 2996

awe901
awe901 Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

I'm getting this error. Can someone provide guidance?

Running Steady State Heat Transfer. Flux of 20 on one end of a cube, constant temperature of 20 on the other end of the cube. Cube has dimensions of 10.499e-6 x 10.499e-6 x 10.499e-6 meters and is composed of 3 different pieces with contact surfaces defined correctly.

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  • Adriano_Koga
    Adriano_Koga
    Altair Employee
    edited August 2020

    your mesh seems to be bad.

    This might be triggering this error. Review your mesh quality, please.

    And usually i don't think 2nd order element is needed for this kind of analysis.

     

     Element # 587, element type TET10.
     WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Collapse =    0.0000    
               lower and upper limits =   0.10000E-02    100.00    
      
     Element # 588, element type TET10.
     WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Collapse =    0.0000    
               lower and upper limits =   0.10000E-02    100.00    
      
     Element # 589, element type TET10.
     WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Collapse =    0.0000    
               lower and upper limits =   0.10000E-02    100.00    
     

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