"*** ERROR # 2202 ***", "Element # 339, element type HEXA" and "Element No. 943 Element Type = 4"
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
Altair EmployeeHello,
know someone the solution for the following cutout from the view.out file ?
Thanks !
___________________________________
BEGINNING ANALYSIS SOLUTION ....
************************************************************************
ANALYSIS RESULTS :
------------------
ITERATION 0
Element # 339, element type HEXA.
ERROR - Validity limit violation: Aspect Ratio = 0.50973E+15
lower and upper bounds = 1.0000 0.10000E+06
Element # 340, element type HEXA.
ERROR - Validity limit violation: Aspect Ratio = 0.41378E+15
lower and upper bounds = 1.0000 0.10000E+06
...........
Element No. 942 Element Type = 4
Error - collapsed nodes encountered, number of collapses = 1
Other property quality checks bypassed
Element No. 943 Element Type = 4
Error - collapsed nodes encountered, number of collapses = 1
Other property quality checks bypassed
*** ERROR # 2202 ***
Error(s) encountered during element check
***** Element Validity Check Failed *****
Count of elements with collapsed nodes = 48
Element Quality Check Summary
-----------------------------
Total # of elements that failed validity check (error) = 576
Validity limit violations:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Element Property # of Validity Limits Max. Viol. Elem.
Viol. Lower Upper Value type No.
------- ------------------- -------- --------- --------- --------- --- -------
HEXA Aspect Ratio 576 1.00E+00 1.00E+05 8.60E+14 U 406
*** PROGRAM STOPPED: ERRORS DURING ELEMENT QUALITY CHECK.
************************************************************************
RESOURCE USAGE INFORMATION
--------------------------
MAXIMUM MEMORY USED 542 MB
MAXIMUM DISK SPACE USED 6 MB
************************************************************************
************************************************************************
COMPUTE TIME INFORMATION
------------------------
EXECUTION STARTED Thu May 22 16:39:08 2014
EXECUTION COMPLETED Thu May 22 16:39:12 2014
ELAPSED TIME 00:00:03
CPU TIME 00:00:03
************************************************************************
*** PROGRAM STOPPED: FATAL ERROR(s) ENCOUNTERED.
***** END OF REPORT *****
Tagged:
0
Answers
-
Hello
check element quality (aspect) if some elems are singular then fix them
0 -
Thanks for your answer.
I found the Problem. There were 'QUAD4-Elements' without a thickness with the definition as Hexaeder. I delete these because they weren't needed.0