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Tanya Chardakova
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When I use the SOLID 65 concrete finite element, my models lose convergence
too early. If I remove cracking and crushing capability, there are no convergence
problems. Why does this happen and how can I avoid it (I need cracking and
crushing)?

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K V Arun Government Engineering College, Haveri

Clearly state your problem, how you have made crack in your model, how
the crushing data is given ?

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Oct 3, 2013

Tanya Chardakova University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and

Geodesy
Trough CivilFEM new concrete material is added and Solid65 behavior is
activated. The result in ANSYS Material models - concrete is in the
attached file.

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Oct 3, 2013

Rena C. Yu University of Castilla-La Mancha

SOLID65 only predicts the initiation of the cracks, not the cohesive
behavir in concrete. That is to say, when the cracks initiates, the solid
elements loses its resistence. That's why you have convergence
problem. Try Contact/Target 173/170 if you know the crack path.
Oct 4, 2013

K V Arun Government Engineering College, Haveri

Better to try with contact elements

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Tanya Chardakova University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and

Geodesy
Thank you for the advice, but I am not solving fracture mechanics
problem, I solve global behavior problem and I need an exact prediction
of the deflections of the structure. I am just trying single beams and
columns for now. but I want to solve a whole building eventually.
I think I need to adjust some of the nonlinear analysis options. Some
suggestions?
Oct 4, 2013

Himayat Ullah Loughborough University

Check what constitutive material model you are using? If for example, it is
elastic-fully-plastic, then there will be convergence issues. Such issues
can be resolved by applying load in small increments. Further, ramp
loading will result in easier convergence than suddenly applied Step
loads. Also check other nonlinear options and give attention to error
/warning messages at the end of solution termination. Also check the
boundary conditions of your model.
Oct 7, 2013

Gabriel De Oliveira Ribeiro Ribeiro Federal University of Minas

Gerais
Ive sent some files with examples we have processed using element
Solid 65. Hope they can be useful.
Beam Files.zip
Oct 7, 2013

Tanya Chardakova University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and

Geodesy
Thank you, Himayat Ullah and Gabriel Ribeiro, you have been very
helpfull! I will check all these and I hope I will get better results.
The material model I use is parabolic, as per Eurocode 2, so I don't think
that is the problem. I will try to solve it with more substeps, so the load
increment get smaller.
The boundary conditions are ok I think, because I solved my model
without cracking and crushing, and there are no problems there.
Oct 8, 2013

Ernst Aschmann IT Sligo

Hi Tanya, did you have any luck with your convergence issues? I am
having similar issues with my models too, but my convergence values are
increasing and decreasing with in a substep.
Nov 6, 2013

Mahmud M.S. Dwaikat An-Najah National University

Try using non-zero value for Tensile Crack Factor ( say 0.5) and the
crushing stress should be negative in compared to the positive cracking
stress). Also, if you want to get the full response, even post-failure, try
using Arc-length method, for displacement controlled analysis.
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Mahmood Tavallaee Kingston University London
Hi Tanya,
did you manage to fix the convergence issues? I am having the same
problem when I try to model RC slabs.
Jan 27, 2014

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