PROGRAM STOPPED: ERRORS DURING ELEMENT QUALITY CHECK?

Ajay_22186

I am attaching the saved hm file of the model. The model is Heat Sink and we need to perform thermal stress analysis on it and the mesh is tetra elements.

The amount of memory allocated for the run is 800 MB.
This run will use in-core processing in the solver.

Element # 53622, element type TETRA.

*** PROGRAM STOPPED: ERRORS DURING ELEMENT QUALITY CHECK.

I am getting this error continuously even though quality is clean. Can anyone identify what's the mistake and provide a solution?

 

 

Adriano A. Koga

Your elements are not 'clean'.

Just open the .out file and you will see some of the errors by the solver.

You should review your elements, preferably.

But, if you want to ignore some of the errors (by your own risk), you can use PARAM, CHECKEL, NO as mentioned also in the .out file. This will bypass the errors which are not critical.

 

ITERATION   0

 Element # 53621, element type TETRA.
 WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Face Skew Angle =    84.301
           upper limit =    75.000
 ERROR - Acceptable range violation: Face Vertex Angle =    2.8567
         lower limit =    3.0000
 WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Edge Angle =    81.799
           upper limit =    75.000

 Element # 53622, element type TETRA.
 WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Face Skew Angle =    84.301
           upper limit =    75.000
 ERROR - Acceptable range violation: Face Vertex Angle =    2.8567
         lower limit =    3.0000
 WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Edge Angle =    82.430
           upper limit =    75.000

 Element # 53623, element type TETRA.
 WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Face Skew Angle =    82.478
           upper limit =    75.000
 WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Face Vertex Angle =    3.7718
           lower limit =    15.000
 WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Edge Angle =    84.496
           upper limit =    75.000
 NOTE : other similar error/warning messages were suppressed,
        use PARAM,CHECKEL,FULL to obtain full report

 Element # 53625, element type TETRA.
 WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Face Vertex Angle =    3.0079
           lower limit =    15.000

 Element # 53637, element type TETRA.
 WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Face Vertex Angle =    3.7731
           lower limit =    15.000

 Element # 53673, element type TETRA.
 ERROR - Acceptable range violation: Face Vertex Angle =    2.8567
         lower limit =    3.0000

 Element # 54918, element type TETRA.
 ERROR - Acceptable range violation: Edge Angle =    87.184
         upper limit =    87.000

 Element # 70314, element type TETRA.
 ERROR - Acceptable range violation: Edge Angle =    87.353
         upper limit =    87.000

 Element # 101918, element type TETRA.
 ERROR - Acceptable range violation: Edge Angle =    87.182
         upper limit =    87.000

 *** ERROR # 2203 ***
 Error(s) encountered during element check
***** Element Quality Check Failed - error limits violation *****

 NOTE : To bypass element quality checks (except essential validity checks)
 use PARAM,CHECKEL,NO. This may, however, cause very poor results.
 Element Quality Check Summary

Adriano A. Koga

Your elements are not 'clean'.

Just open the .out file and you will see some of the errors by the solver.

You should review your elements, preferably.

But, if you want to ignore some of the errors (by your own risk), you can use PARAM, CHECKEL, NO as mentioned also in the .out file. This will bypass the errors which are not critical.

 

ITERATION   0

 Element # 53621, element type TETRA.
 WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Face Skew Angle =    84.301
           upper limit =    75.000
 ERROR - Acceptable range violation: Face Vertex Angle =    2.8567
         lower limit =    3.0000
 WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Edge Angle =    81.799
           upper limit =    75.000

 Element # 53622, element type TETRA.
 WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Face Skew Angle =    84.301
           upper limit =    75.000
 ERROR - Acceptable range violation: Face Vertex Angle =    2.8567
         lower limit =    3.0000
 WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Edge Angle =    82.430
           upper limit =    75.000

 Element # 53623, element type TETRA.
 WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Face Skew Angle =    82.478
           upper limit =    75.000
 WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Face Vertex Angle =    3.7718
           lower limit =    15.000
 WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Edge Angle =    84.496
           upper limit =    75.000
 NOTE : other similar error/warning messages were suppressed,
        use PARAM,CHECKEL,FULL to obtain full report

 Element # 53625, element type TETRA.
 WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Face Vertex Angle =    3.0079
           lower limit =    15.000

 Element # 53637, element type TETRA.
 WARNING - Outside of recommended range: Face Vertex Angle =    3.7731
           lower limit =    15.000

 Element # 53673, element type TETRA.
 ERROR - Acceptable range violation: Face Vertex Angle =    2.8567
         lower limit =    3.0000

 Element # 54918, element type TETRA.
 ERROR - Acceptable range violation: Edge Angle =    87.184
         upper limit =    87.000

 Element # 70314, element type TETRA.
 ERROR - Acceptable range violation: Edge Angle =    87.353
         upper limit =    87.000

 Element # 101918, element type TETRA.
 ERROR - Acceptable range violation: Edge Angle =    87.182
         upper limit =    87.000

 *** ERROR # 2203 ***
 Error(s) encountered during element check
***** Element Quality Check Failed - error limits violation *****

 NOTE : To bypass element quality checks (except essential validity checks)
 use PARAM,CHECKEL,NO. This may, however, cause very poor results.
 Element Quality Check Summary