"*** ERROR # 2202 ***", "Element # 339, element type HEXA" and "Element No. 943 Element Type = 4"

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hello, 

know someone the solution for the following cutout  from the view.out file ? 

Thanks !  

 

 

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BEGINNING ANALYSIS SOLUTION ....

 

 

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ANALYSIS RESULTS :

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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

 

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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

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 Total # of elements that failed validity check        (error) =   576

 

 Validity limit violations:

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 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.

  

 

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RESOURCE USAGE INFORMATION

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 MAXIMUM MEMORY USED                                       542 MB

 MAXIMUM DISK SPACE USED                                     6 MB

 

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COMPUTE TIME INFORMATION

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 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

 

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 *** PROGRAM STOPPED: FATAL ERROR(s) ENCOUNTERED.

 

                        ***** END OF REPORT *****

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Answers

  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited May 2014

    Hello

    check element quality (aspect) if some elems are singular then fix them 

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited May 2014

    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.

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