Gap element issue

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

I am trying to equivalance gap elements of one model to another same meshed model of node to element type but when I checked the deck it is it is not getting equivalanced with elements as we can see in below image, associated are gone and are showing 0 value in deck

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Is there any solution for this problem?

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  • Rahul Rajan_21763
    Rahul Rajan_21763 New Altair Community Member
    edited February 2019

    After equivalence nodes did you check free 1d,free1d nodes, rigid loops and dependency. Are you exporting solver deck? If possible share more details or fem deck.

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited February 2019

    Yes I did check all the criteria mentioned above everything was cleared and ok I will share the deck. 

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  • Rahul Rajan_21763
    Rahul Rajan_21763 New Altair Community Member
    edited February 2019

    Your fem deck contains 2d elements and gap element. Please share full fem deck with loads and boundary condition along with .out file of the run.

  • Rahul Rajan_21763
    Rahul Rajan_21763 New Altair Community Member
    edited February 2019

    I guess the issue could be because of node to elem option. Once the gap element is created you might be deleting the additional leg of gap element.Could you please use node to node option for gap element creation.

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